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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 30, 2017 22:01:01 GMT -5
Forget about the scale of the pawn and the basketball. Someone posted earlier a formula about the earths curvature and I read that something would disappear after six miles over the horizon. If you took a picture from the space station and the camera was directly over the first row of homes, if you zoomed in to the houses at the end of the pic you would just see the front of the building. The earths curvature would make the building appear as if it was leaning back and you wouldn't see the roof, no? That is if you are on land not in orbit. Brooklyn said "I believe the equation D=1.22 x square root H, gives the distance, D, in miles that a person can see to the horizon from a height ,H, in feet. " Working backwards if D=6 miles then the height to see that far would be H=(D/1.22)^2 so H =24 feet high. At 260 miles above the earth, assuming the formula still holds up at that height which I doubt it does, the horizon line is 19.6 miles That picture we are talking about is about what 20 miles across, max? Compared to the surface of the Earth I doubt that is even the size of a dimple on that basketball. There is no relative curvature over that small area of space. The circumference of the Earth is about 24,874 miles so 20 miles is 0.000804052 % of the earth's surface in a straight line around the Earth not of all of it's surface area. That is NOTHING. 0.000804052% of the surface of a basketball by comparison is 0.024121573 inches or 2 100ths of an inch. Go ahead and try to measure that. It would appear flat. Do some research in 3d modeling of spheres and you will see how large of an area can be flat and still produce a nice sphere visually depending on your resolution. Then think about the scale we are talking about. Bitch, why you hittin' me with Kryptonite?   |
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Post by Trades on Mar 30, 2017 22:30:32 GMT -5
I am such a nerd that I went to bed and couldn't sleep because it was bothering me that I forgot to convert the 260 miles above the Earth for the space station to feet for the equation to determine the distance to the horizon. It is actually 1429.5 miles not the 19 miles I posted earlier. That would be accurate for 260 feet high not 260 miles high.
So D= 1.22*SQRT(260*5280) = 1429.5 miles to the horizon from the space station.
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Post by Jets Things on Mar 31, 2017 7:41:44 GMT -5
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Post by Trades on Apr 4, 2017 15:19:28 GMT -5
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Post by Big L on Apr 4, 2017 15:55:50 GMT -5
I'd like to hear a flat earth explanation of the Coriolis Effect.
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Post by chadp on Apr 5, 2017 6:06:49 GMT -5
I am such a nerd that I went to bed and couldn't sleep because it was bothering me that I forgot to convert the 260 miles above the Earth for the space station to feet for the equation to determine the distance to the horizon. It is actually 1429.5 miles not the 19 miles I posted earlier. That would be accurate for 260 feet high not 260 miles high. So D= 1.22*SQRT(260*5280) = 1429.5 miles to the horizon from the space station. Your mathematical calculations give me hope.. |
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Post by Trades on Apr 5, 2017 6:46:31 GMT -5
I am such a nerd that I went to bed and couldn't sleep because it was bothering me that I forgot to convert the 260 miles above the Earth for the space station to feet for the equation to determine the distance to the horizon. It is actually 1429.5 miles not the 19 miles I posted earlier. That would be accurate for 260 feet high not 260 miles high. So D= 1.22*SQRT(260*5280) = 1429.5 miles to the horizon from the space station. Your mathematical calculations give me hope.. I seek to inspire. I was a physics major but found more money in computers. That was 20+ years ago though. I have trouble helping my daughter with AP High School Physics now. |
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Post by chadp on Apr 5, 2017 7:41:02 GMT -5
Your mathematical calculations give me hope.. I seek to inspire. I was a physics major but found more money in computers. That was 20+ years ago though. I have trouble helping my daughter with AP High School Physics now. I started out as a Meteorology major in college, but couldn't quite get a hold of the Calculus - enjoyed my Physics classes though.. |
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Post by Trades on Apr 5, 2017 7:45:31 GMT -5
I seek to inspire. I was a physics major but found more money in computers. That was 20+ years ago though. I have trouble helping my daughter with AP High School Physics now. I started out as a Meteorology major in college, but couldn't quite get a hold of the Calculus - enjoyed my Physics classes though.. Went through Calc 4. I bet I couldn't do a basic derivative at this point without looking it up. |
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Post by Big L on Apr 5, 2017 11:29:12 GMT -5
I started out as a Meteorology major in college, but couldn't quite get a hold of the Calculus - enjoyed my Physics classes though.. Went through Calc 4. I bet I couldn't do a basic derivative at this point without looking it up. Diff EQ was easier than multi variable calc. But I likely couldn't do either at this point. |
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Post by Trades on Apr 12, 2017 10:09:51 GMT -5
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Post by Raoul Duke on Apr 13, 2017 10:04:16 GMT -5
Internet and conspiracies is the perfect storm. No matter what your view is you'll find a semi-professional you tube video with some guy with a fancy title including FBI or NASA that says what you want to hear.
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Post by bxjetfan on Jan 26, 2018 22:05:22 GMT -5
Any of you guys heard of or are following this guy "Q" that is posting on 8 Chan?
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Post by Big L on Jan 26, 2018 22:34:47 GMT -5
www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a15858887/flat-earth-rocket-man-will-take-to-the-sky-in-two-weeks/Flat Earth Rocket Man Will Take to the Sky in February 'Mad' Mike Hughes wants to prove the world is flat, so he's going to space. “Mad” Mike Hughes wants to go to space, and he’s not waiting around for anyone to help him get there. So he’s going to build his own rocket and get to space on his own. The reason he wants to get into space so he can prove to everybody that the world is actually flat, so of course he’s not asking NASA for help. As the first step on his plan, Hughes will launch himself in a smaller rocket, soaring about a thousand feet into the sky. He announced the plan a few months ago, but ran into trouble when the Bureau of Land Management told him he couldn’t launch from public land. Since then, he’s been working to move his operation to private land. According to an announcement that Hughes made on his Facebook page, the launch is going to happen for real this time, on private land that won’t get the BLM involved. The date is set for February 3, so mark your calendars. Best of luck, Mike! Also, by the way, the Earth is round
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Post by bxjetfan on Sept 3, 2019 16:18:24 GMT -5
Bet you won't hear about this on the news. Building 7 did not collapse due to fire. ine.uaf.edu/wtc7 |
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