Posted on 02/01/2019 12:44:09 AM PST by Simon Green
A group of people who believe the Earth is flat have announced their “biggest, boldest, best adventure yet”: a Flat Earth cruise scheduled for 2020.
The cruise, organized by the Flat Earth International Conference, promises to be a lovely time. Flat earthers – who include the rapper B.o.B. and reality television person Tila Tequila – will be able to enjoy restaurants, swimming pools and perhaps even an artificial surf wave.
There’s just one problem for those seeking to celebrate the flatness of the Earth. The navigational systems cruise ships, and other vessels, use rely on the fact that the Earth is not flat: theoretically puncturing the beliefs of the flat Earth crowd.
“Ships navigate based on the principle that the Earth is round,” said Henk Keijer, a former cruise ship captain who sailed all over the globe during a 23-year career.
“Nautical charts are designed with that in mind: that the Earth is round.”
Keijer, who now works as a forensic marine expert for Robson Forensic, said the existence of GPS, the global positioning system, alone is proof that the Earth is a sphere, not a flat disc. GPS relies on 24 main satellites which orbit the Earth to provide positional and navigational information.
“The reason why 24 satellites were used is because on the curvature of the Earth,” Keijer said.
“A minimum of three satellites are required to determine a position. But someone located on the other side of the Earth would also like to know their position, so they also require a certain number of satellites.
“Had the Earth been flat, a total of three satellites would have been enough to provide this information to everyone on Earth. But it is not enough, because the Earth is round.”
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The earth is not perfectly spherical - it is somewhat... flattened.
Ping.
Tell me, has anyone taken photos of the edge of the urf?
Simple proof, really.
You never did respond to that request last time anyone saw you.
Iridium utilizes 66 LEO satellites to support cell phone communications “anywhere, anytime.” The system relies on the Earth being a sphere in order to function: 6 polar orbital planes each with 11 satellites. Every spot on the earth is covered by one or two Satellites, each orbiting at an altitude of 400 nautical miles with an orbital period of 90 minutes
Mission data takes the following path: Individual subscriber unit (cell phone) to Satellite (L-Band), routed from Satellite to Satellite (K-Band), down to ISU (or GS/TS destined for ground-based infrastructure).
All this unimpresses the Flat Earther. They will respond: “I can just use my cell phone.”
Stuck on stupid.
Ask these morons where the edge is located and sail there.
they are lost in the land beyond the north pole hole..yea
My son used to have such fun with these guys on Facebook until they threw him off their group.
It's right here.
The name Fisterra comes from Latin FINIS TERRAE, meaning "Land's End" and was considered the end of the earth from Roman times up until the voyage of Columbus. It is a popular destination for pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago and in the Middle Ages it would have been customary to burn your clothes once you got there, signaling the end of your pilgrimage.
I believe that individual was zotted a month or so ago. Don’t hold your breath waiting for a response.
I know.
Just poking the corpse for fun and profit.
If the earth is round at all, it’s probably because of global warming.
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Yeah...that’s even more logical than mine.
:)
And *that* was undoubtedly caused by the Evil Vikings.
And as Orwell wrote, “Ignorance is strength.”
JoMa
Yours is an awesome album ... but mine is a whole series of books. No point sparking a tempest over it, though ... it’s all just dust in the wind.
:-)
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