Flat Mars Society

Good question from Elon Musk:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/935572279693516800

Shall we start a Flat Mars Society?

Lazy

Good question from Elon Musk:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/935572279693516800

Shall we start a Flat Mars Society?

Someone already did: http://z4.invisionfree.com/Theflatmarssociety/index.php?act=idx

That site is long since dead, but there is also a sub-reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FlatMarsSociety/

I remember when kids from here started the flat mars society.

He's like "Yawn. I launch rockets to the space station."

I'm about to talk to a journalist right now on this very conversation. Can you guess what I'm going to say?

I'm about to talk to a journalist right now on this very conversation. Can you guess what I'm going to say?

Would you like fries with that order?

I'm about to talk to a journalist right now on this very conversation. Can you guess what I'm going to say?

Well it's certainly not round.

I'm about to talk to a journalist right now on this very conversation. Can you guess what I'm going to say?

That the journalist should have his hip waders handy?

I'm about to talk to a journalist right now on this very conversation. Can you guess what I'm going to say?

That you're unveiling the founding of the exciting new Flat Mars Society to help people understand that Mars only looks round because the space around it is curved and using non-Euclidean geometry and fairy dust you can speculate that Mars is flat too?

Quote from: John Davis on November 30, 2017, 09:32:11 AM

I'm about to talk to a journalist right now on this very conversation. Can you guess what I'm going to say?

That you're unveiling the founding of the exciting new Flat Mars Society to help people understand that Mars only looks round because the space around it is curved and using non-Euclidean geometry and fairy dust you can speculate that Mars is flat too?

That Mars is obviously a flat disk because when viewed through a telescope from earth it looks like one, and that the surface features only appear to be on the surface of a rotating sphere because of bendy space?

Quote from: John Davis on November 30, 2017, 09:32:11 AM

I'm about to talk to a journalist right now on this very conversation. Can you guess what I'm going to say?

That the journalist should have his hip waders handy?

And a huge shovel?

No, I just said they were a pain in our ass.

http://nationalpost.com/news/world/why-is-there-no-flat-mars-society

On the other hand, good job tfes.org for pointing out why Elon is a tool.

Hey John, when are you going to talk to Michael Stevens from VSauce?

On the other hand, good job tfes.org for pointing out why Elon is a tool.

Elon musk is paving the way for affordable electric cars that one day may even allow for self driving (although I don't know if I trust my life with it in my lifetime!)

He was also one of the founders that created PayPal, working on 'Hyperloop' transportation that could get you from the east to west coats of the US in just over half an hour, has helped to build the worlds biggest battery power station for South Australians and also help paving the way to have houses with 'solar roofs'.

What have you done for humanity and how are you less of a tool?

Good question from Elon Musk:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/935572279693516800

Shall we start a Flat Mars Society?

No need, it would only work for martians

No, I just said they were a pain in our ass.

No, they were a pain in your ass.  Most of the rest of us were just fine with them.

You are mistaking the Society for the forums.

You are mistaking the Society for the forums.

Any discussion on the Flat Mars Society is highly premature.

How can any Zetetic evidence about the flatness of Mars be gathered till someone lacking that 3-D gene is actually there?

Then they look with their own eyes and claim "Mars looks flat, so Mars must be flat".
Mind you, the photos NASA send back look pretty flat to me!

What about a flat moon?
After all from our flat earth we only see a round disk.
Always the same side of said disk.

And the migrating, light emitting moon shrimp
Create the illusion of moon phases.

And moon light sucks heat

Who could argue with that?

Quote from: John Davis on December 01, 2017, 07:25:34 AM

You are mistaking the Society for the forums.

Any discussion on the Flat Mars Society is highly premature.

How can any Zetetic evidence about the flatness of Mars be gathered till someone lacking that 3-D gene is actually there?

Then they look with their own eyes and claim "Mars looks flat, so Mars must be flat".
Mind you, the photos NASA send back look pretty flat to me!

On examining that Mars horizon photo more closely, I suspect that Mars might be "curved" just like Earth.
That stand seems partly hidden.

Quote from: rabinoz on December 01, 2017, 01:23:27 PM

Quote from: John Davis on December 01, 2017, 07:25:34 AM

You are mistaking the Society for the forums.

Any discussion on the Flat Mars Society is highly premature.

How can any Zetetic evidence about the flatness of Mars be gathered till someone lacking that 3-D gene is actually there?

Then they look with their own eyes and claim "Mars looks flat, so Mars must be flat".
Mind you, the photos NASA send back look pretty flat to me!

On examining that Mars horizon photo more closely, I suspect that Mars might be "curved" just like Earth.
That stand seems partly hidden.

It's just a perspective effect.

Quote from: rabinoz on December 02, 2017, 04:26:09 PM

On examining that Mars horizon photo more closely, I suspect that Mars might be "curved" just like Earth.
That stand seems partly hidden.

It's just a perspective effect.

Probably.

Quote from: rabinoz on December 02, 2017, 04:26:09 PM

Quote from: rabinoz on December 01, 2017, 01:23:27 PM

Quote from: John Davis on December 01, 2017, 07:25:34 AM

You are mistaking the Society for the forums.

Any discussion on the Flat Mars Society is highly premature.

How can any Zetetic evidence about the flatness of Mars be gathered till someone lacking that 3-D gene is actually there?

Then they look with their own eyes and claim "Mars looks flat, so Mars must be flat".
Mind you, the photos NASA send back look pretty flat to me!

On examining that Mars horizon photo more closely, I suspect that Mars might be "curved" just like Earth.
That stand seems partly hidden.

It's just a perspective effect.

Obviously a Flat Mars Photoshop, conspiracy. Cut paste, get real people, if you can't see that, there is no hope for you.
And McDonald's getting to Mars before anybody else, and what is the price of a hamburger on Mars?

Obviously a Flat Mars Photoshop, conspiracy. Cut paste, get real people, if you can't see that, there is no hope for you.
And McDonald's getting to Mars before anybody else, and what is the price of a hamburger on Mars?

Get a quote from Elon Musk on the cost/kg of transporting hamburger makings to Mars. Refrigeration should not be a problem.

Quote from: MouseWalker on December 02, 2017, 04:54:10 PM

Obviously a Flat Mars Photoshop, conspiracy. Cut paste, get real people, if you can't see that, there is no hope for you.
And McDonald's getting to Mars before anybody else, and what is the price of a hamburger on Mars?

Get a quote from Elon Musk on the cost/kg of transporting hamburger makings to Mars. Refrigeration should not be a problem.

Not sure if he has the numbers to land meat on Mars, but he could probably give you an idea of the cost to put a Tesla Roadster into Mars orbit using a Falcon Heavy.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/with-bowie-playing-on-the-radio-elon-musk-plans-to-launch-his-tesla-to-mars/

Payload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination is Mars orbit. Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn’t blow up on ascent.

Quote from: https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/936782477502246912

Payload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination is Mars orbit. Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn’t blow up on ascent.

Why take the risk? Just dump it outside my door, I won't tell anyone it's not on Mars.

Mind you, judging by how badly I handled a Mazda MX-5, I don't know how I'd get on in a rocket like a Tesla Roadster.

I'm about to talk to a journalist right now on this very conversation. Can you guess what I'm going to say?

Derp derp DERP derp?