To: kjam22
"So you don't think it's a proven fact that a spaceship can orbit the earth?"
It's a fact, but there was never a *theory if space ships could orbit the earth*. There was the Theory of Orbital Mechanics, for which our being able to orbit a ship around the Earth is a great boost but it doesn't prove the Theory of Orbital Mechanics. Our confidence in the theory is excellent, but it can never be 100%. The only thing things that can be proved are certain mathematical theorems. Then only because all the premises are defined exactly. No theory in science has that luxury.
113 posted on
10/18/2005 9:35:05 AM PDT by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
To: CarolinaGuitarman
Our confidence in the theory is excellent, but it can never be 100%. So are you saying that you are not 100% certain that a space ship can orbit the earth?
116 posted on
10/18/2005 9:37:01 AM PDT by
kjam22
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