Person actualy tries to seriously prove the earth is flat

[Nik]

BIS Lunar Lander

British Interplanetary Society, Home Page, London, UK

I've been in BIS since ~1979, after they helped me track down info on nearby stars for a 'HardSF' tale and a 3D planetarium program I was writing...

 

[Somni]

Thanks, it looks interesting. I'll read it in more detail when I have the time.

 

[Drachir]

Something just occurred to me. If the Flat Earthers really believe that, what kind of fiction do they read? Specifically, what kind of science fiction do they read? There's no serious SF author that would write novels based on the flat Earth theory, so who would these people turn to for entertainment?

SciFi, you are naively assumng that these people actually read anything.

 

[Nik]

Typically, the 'Stars' in their down-market tabloid ??

{ cynic-mode/}

 

[Scifi fan]

Well, the BIS had a moon mission, but they never landed on the moon, did they? And, even if they did land on the moon, as Neil Armstrong did, that didn't prove the Earth was round. IOW, the Earth can be flat, and they can fly up to the moon to plant a flag - the two propositions aren't mutually exclusive.

 

[Ursa major]

I seem to recall that various space missions (including those predating the Apollo Program) involve a craft orbiting the Earth; that rather suggests that the Earth is at least vaguely spherical.

 

[Scifi fan]

Orbiting the Earth, or just hanging about in the heavens?

 

[j d worthington]

Orbiting the earth is, as far as I can recall, always a part of such a mission....

 

[Nik]

"Well, the BIS had a moon mission, but they never landed on the moon, did they? And, even if they did land on the moon, as Neil Armstrong did, that didn't prove the Earth was round. IOW, the Earth can be flat, and they can fly up to the moon to plant a flag - the two propositions aren't mutually exclusive. "

Your logic is impeccable, of course, but since my victim's BlindSpot was big enough for me to plant two stakes, I did not hesitate...
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ps: Thanks for prompting me to reply-- I've just realised the term 'BlindSpot' will plug a clumsy gap in surreal tale I'm writing...

 

[Urlik]

BIS Lunar Lander

British Interplanetary Society, Home Page, London, UK

I've been in BIS since ~1979, after they helped me track down info on nearby stars for a 'HardSF' tale and a 3D planetarium program I was writing...

according to the link, the Apollo mission took place in 1999

The one metric ton spacecraft delivered a crew of three to the lunar surface, landing on gear very similar to those used for the Apollo Lunar Module sixty years later.

 

[Nik]

I suspect an attack of 'finger trouble' !!

Earn yourself some kudos and remind the bemused webmeister...

ps: Also possible that the notion was circulated privately a decade earlier and the editor skipped a phrase...

 

[ktabic]

Your logic is impeccable, of course, but since my victim's BlindSpot was big enough for me to plant two stakes, I did not hesitate...

But they only need one stake to not only prove the Earth is round, but also figure out the circumference. One stick and a working brain. Ah, I see the problem.

 

[Urlik]

I suspect an attack of 'finger trouble' !!

Earn yourself some kudos and remind the bemused webmeister...

ps: Also possible that the notion was circulated privately a decade earlier and the editor skipped a phrase...

that would take the concept back to the 20's and place Apollo 9 in the 80's which is still out by a good margin

 

[Lobolover]

But they only need one stake to not only prove the Earth is round, but also figure out the circumference. One stick and a working brain. Ah, I see the problem.

Yes-its so hard to find good sticks theese days