A couple of questions.

The idea of the Earth as a sphere has existed since the time of the ancient Greeks, long before NASA. What possible financial motive did they have?

Why are Satellites visible from earth with a pair of Binoculars?

How could a flat body maintain an atmosphere?

Atmolayer Lip Hypothesis

The Flat Earth does not necessarily need to be physically infinite in order to contain the atmosphere. Just very big. Often we might hear "infinite earth" from Flat Earth proponents as an analogy for what exists beyond the Antarctic coast; a stretch of land incomprehensible by human standards.

In order for barometric pressure to rise and fall, an element of heat must be present. Heat creates pressure. A lack of heat results in a drop in pressure. These two elements are tightly correlated in modern physics. This is why there is more pressure at the equator than there is at the Arctics. Likewise, if you put a bowl sealed with saran wrap in the microwave its contents will be heated up and cause the saran wrap to expand up outwards like a balloon. This is because heat is correlated with pressure.

In our local area the heat of the day comes from the sun, moving and swashing around wind currents from areas of low pressures to areas of high pressures with its heat. The coldness of the Antarctic tundra keeps the pressure low. Beyond the known world, where the rays of the sun do not reach, the tundra of ice and snow lays in perpetual darkness. If one could move away from the Antarctic rim into the uncharted tundra the surrounding temperatures would drop lower and lower until it nears zero barometric pressure. Defining the exact length of the gradient would take some looking into, but at a significant distance past the edge of the Ice Wall temperatures will drop to a point where barometric pressure nears the zero mark. At this point, whether it be thousands or millions of miles beyond the Antarctic rim, the environment will gradually match that of background space, and the world can physically end without the atmosphere leaking out of it.

The atmosphere may very well exist as a lip upon the surface of the earth, held in by vast gradients of declining pressure.

How could a flat body maintain an atmosphere?

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How could a flat body maintain an atmosphere?

In my (work in progress) model, the atmosphere is much like the surface tension on a lake. It is simply the layer between air and ether.

It's interesting you should say that Tom because I have seen countless satelites, including what I believed to be a space station. Perhaps it depends upon the quality of your telescope and the skill of the person using it?

Quote from: Synaesthesia on July 03, 2011, 03:32:56 PM

It's interesting you should say that Tom because I have seen countless satelites, including what I believed to be a space station. Perhaps it depends upon the quality of your telescope and the skill of the person using it?

Maybe it just depends on what you believe?

Synaesthesia has already conceded his conclusions are drawn by preconception. He expects to see the space station. He believes he has. He expects to see satellites. He believes he has.
If he has seen anything other than a moving star-like object, he interprets as being a satellite, then it might be worth examining.

Quote from: Thork on July 03, 2011, 03:38:25 PM

Quote from: Synaesthesia on July 03, 2011, 03:32:56 PM

It's interesting you should say that Tom because I have seen countless satelites, including what I believed to be a space How could a flat body maintain an atmosphere?
 believe?

If it was actually a satellite he saw, whether or not it was a space station is irrelevant.

Well, I think it's very relevant as a space station is much more difficult to mistake as a stratelite.

Quote from: Tausami on July 03, 2011, 11:19:27 AM

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How could a flat body maintain an atmosphere?

In my (work in progress) model, the atmosphere is much like the surface tension on a lake. It is simply the layer between air and ether.

Sorry, really don't mean to be rude, but I couldn't stop laughing.

If you really want to dig your heels in over this, tell me what makes you so sure what you observed was a satellite. Could you see solar panels or radio dishes or robotic limbs or rocket boosters or anything that separated this object out to be man-made?
Or did you see a bright object moving across the sky slowly?

Its not down to stupidity. You have no idea what you are looking at, you get told its a satellite and you accept it.
Its like being told you were made by God. You've no hard proof but millions of people accept it rightly or wrong.