Flat Earth Society
Steel
08-27-2003, 01:37 AM
It just sickens me that people actaully believe that crap. They make up their own physics without proof to.. ARGH!
Well, the famous quote by i dont remember who is right "the two most common things in the universe are hydrogen, and stupidity."
Ill just bask in the knowledge that im smarter than those people who think that:
The earth is flat
it is shaped like a pentagon
in the middle 5=6
all places named Springfield are connected through hypserspace
Idaho doesn't exist
there is atmosphere between the sun and here
:screwy:
and other garbage
Discuss.
Well, the famous quote by i dont remember who is right "the two most common things in the universe are hydrogen, and stupidity."
Ill just bask in the knowledge that im smarter than those people who think that:
The earth is flat
it is shaped like a pentagon
in the middle 5=6
all places named Springfield are connected through hypserspace
Idaho doesn't exist
there is atmosphere between the sun and here
:screwy:
and other garbage
Discuss.
Sean
08-27-2003, 02:04 AM
Wow. Some people are really stupid. I bet the Flat Earth Society doesn't believe it because they're stupid, but because of some alterior reason us 'norms' wouldn't understand. :shakehead
kublah
08-27-2003, 02:59 AM
At first mention, I had never heard of them, and thought it was probably a joke. After a glance around one of their various web pages and seeing some of the rediculously stupid things therein, I'll lose a little faith in humanity if it's serious... Here's a few excerpts from the FAQ:
Frequently asked questions about the Flat Earth paradigm and related phenomena.
1. What is the Earth's shape?
The Earth is flat. It is shaped in the form of a pentagon, and thus has five corners.
4. What about the northern and southern hemisphere?
Globularist rot. This implies the Earth being a SPHERE, which it is not. The Earth has, however, an Inner and Outer Ring.
5. What is Platygæanism?
Platygæanism is the scientific hypothesis which holds that the Earth is flat or planar in topology.
6. How are continents located on the Flat Earth.
Generally, the "southernmost" continents are on the outside, whereas the "northern" ones are on the inside.
7. Does this mean that the Middle Corner is at the North Pole?
Not necessarily. It may be anywhere in the northern part of the Earth.
8. What is, then, at the south pole?
The Edge of the World. It is surrounded, at least in places, by a huge mountain range.
9. Where are the corners of the Earth?
Opinion is still divided on this issue. Conventional wisdom places the five corners at the following locations:
Corner 1: the northernmost extent of Lake Mikhayl in Tunguska, Siberia
Corner 2: Greenland or Iceland (Ultima Thule); though some researchers place it at Brimstone Head, on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada.
Corner 3: Easter Island.
Corner 4: Uncertain; possibly Hokkaido (Japan), Lhasa (Nepal), or a desolate location in Outer Mongolia.
Corner 5: Somewhere near the south of Tasmania or New Zealand, though some researchers have suggested somewhere in the vicinity of the South Pacific island of Ponape.
13. What about gravity? Gravity is a lie invented by the purveyors of the inherently false spherical Earth theory. The theory of gravity has never been proven. There is no gravity, only inertia. The Earth moves through space like a giant elevator. We do not fall off because we are kept down by inertia. The Earth has inertia.
There is a school of thought which states, however, that the Earth does not move through space, but rather that it rests on the back of a giant turtle, and that what we call gravity is, in fact, the turtle's animal magnetism.
14. What about photographs of the Earth from the moon?
Most of these are fake. It is well known that the "moon landing" was faked. The film of what is claimed to be the moon was taken in the desert in the US state of Arizona.
There exist some genuine photographs from high altitudes, which appear to the untrained eye to show a spherical Earth. The reason for this effect is that the Earth's atmosphere becomes denser the further one ascends, after thinning out at about 5 miles. This causes light to be refracted more at high altitudes, giving the appearance of a spherical Earth.
16. Can ships be 'lost' at the edge of the Earth? Yes, at least in places where there are no mountains preventing this from occurring. The edge of the Earth is, in places a tremendous waterfall, and anything going over the edge will disappear into the aether. This can also happen to aircraft which fly off the edge.
17. If large amounts of water disappear off the edge, where does all the water come from? This is an argument for the theory that the Earth has a toroidal orbit. In a toroidal orbit, all the water which disappears off the edges falls back to Earth as rain when the Earth revolves about its orbit. This also means that the inhabitants of ships and aircraft lost in space will, in some occasions, return to Earth.
19. What is the "Springfield Effect"? The Springfield Effect is the name given to the phenomenon by which every place named Springfield is hard-linked in hyperspace to every other place of this name. In other words, there is only one place named Springfield, but it is "linked" to various locations in the world.
20. Does Idaho exist
No. The existence of Idaho is a lie, fabricated by a conspiracy of cartographers, as is England (see question 10).
21. What about North Dakota?
That doesn't exist either.
22. Any other places which are believed to exist but really don't?
Yes, Australia. And then there are the cryptogeographica, places such as Kadath, Carcosa, Hobbiton, Narnia, Hy-Brasil, Hell and such whose existence has not been satisfactorily proven.
This FAQ was compiled by Lee Harvey Oswald Smith, KSC EMF, Chairperson dei gratia, Flat Earth Society, with the assistance of members of the Society and independent researchers; last updated: 43 Cfn 3163
copyright © 1996-2003 The Flat Earth Society, unless otherwise specified.
Compiled by Lee Harvey Oswald?
Go to www.flat-earth.org for more if you dare. :screwy:
Frequently asked questions about the Flat Earth paradigm and related phenomena.
1. What is the Earth's shape?
The Earth is flat. It is shaped in the form of a pentagon, and thus has five corners.
4. What about the northern and southern hemisphere?
Globularist rot. This implies the Earth being a SPHERE, which it is not. The Earth has, however, an Inner and Outer Ring.
5. What is Platygæanism?
Platygæanism is the scientific hypothesis which holds that the Earth is flat or planar in topology.
6. How are continents located on the Flat Earth.
Generally, the "southernmost" continents are on the outside, whereas the "northern" ones are on the inside.
7. Does this mean that the Middle Corner is at the North Pole?
Not necessarily. It may be anywhere in the northern part of the Earth.
8. What is, then, at the south pole?
The Edge of the World. It is surrounded, at least in places, by a huge mountain range.
9. Where are the corners of the Earth?
Opinion is still divided on this issue. Conventional wisdom places the five corners at the following locations:
Corner 1: the northernmost extent of Lake Mikhayl in Tunguska, Siberia
Corner 2: Greenland or Iceland (Ultima Thule); though some researchers place it at Brimstone Head, on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada.
Corner 3: Easter Island.
Corner 4: Uncertain; possibly Hokkaido (Japan), Lhasa (Nepal), or a desolate location in Outer Mongolia.
Corner 5: Somewhere near the south of Tasmania or New Zealand, though some researchers have suggested somewhere in the vicinity of the South Pacific island of Ponape.
13. What about gravity? Gravity is a lie invented by the purveyors of the inherently false spherical Earth theory. The theory of gravity has never been proven. There is no gravity, only inertia. The Earth moves through space like a giant elevator. We do not fall off because we are kept down by inertia. The Earth has inertia.
There is a school of thought which states, however, that the Earth does not move through space, but rather that it rests on the back of a giant turtle, and that what we call gravity is, in fact, the turtle's animal magnetism.
14. What about photographs of the Earth from the moon?
Most of these are fake. It is well known that the "moon landing" was faked. The film of what is claimed to be the moon was taken in the desert in the US state of Arizona.
There exist some genuine photographs from high altitudes, which appear to the untrained eye to show a spherical Earth. The reason for this effect is that the Earth's atmosphere becomes denser the further one ascends, after thinning out at about 5 miles. This causes light to be refracted more at high altitudes, giving the appearance of a spherical Earth.
16. Can ships be 'lost' at the edge of the Earth? Yes, at least in places where there are no mountains preventing this from occurring. The edge of the Earth is, in places a tremendous waterfall, and anything going over the edge will disappear into the aether. This can also happen to aircraft which fly off the edge.
17. If large amounts of water disappear off the edge, where does all the water come from? This is an argument for the theory that the Earth has a toroidal orbit. In a toroidal orbit, all the water which disappears off the edges falls back to Earth as rain when the Earth revolves about its orbit. This also means that the inhabitants of ships and aircraft lost in space will, in some occasions, return to Earth.
19. What is the "Springfield Effect"? The Springfield Effect is the name given to the phenomenon by which every place named Springfield is hard-linked in hyperspace to every other place of this name. In other words, there is only one place named Springfield, but it is "linked" to various locations in the world.
20. Does Idaho exist
No. The existence of Idaho is a lie, fabricated by a conspiracy of cartographers, as is England (see question 10).
21. What about North Dakota?
That doesn't exist either.
22. Any other places which are believed to exist but really don't?
Yes, Australia. And then there are the cryptogeographica, places such as Kadath, Carcosa, Hobbiton, Narnia, Hy-Brasil, Hell and such whose existence has not been satisfactorily proven.
This FAQ was compiled by Lee Harvey Oswald Smith, KSC EMF, Chairperson dei gratia, Flat Earth Society, with the assistance of members of the Society and independent researchers; last updated: 43 Cfn 3163
copyright © 1996-2003 The Flat Earth Society, unless otherwise specified.
Compiled by Lee Harvey Oswald?
Go to www.flat-earth.org for more if you dare. :screwy:
Accord_Zero
08-27-2003, 08:42 AM
FAQs?? Are these questions really asked that often?
Well, this is also one of the "FAQs":
"How long is the edge of the Earth?
The edge of the Earth is infinitely long."
Hmm...my understanding of infinity may be different than others, but wouldn't this make it a sphere? I guess it's all in perspective.
I like the Springfield effect...so is there a Main Street effect? There are a lot of those too...
Oh well, who are we to redicule? People can think up of theories all they want...this is rather extreme, though. Some seem to do it just to be different.
And for anyone living in Idaho and North Dakota...I am sad to tell you that you simply do not exist. So please stop posting, you're bothering the living.
Another FAQ should be: "WHAT???"
Well, this is also one of the "FAQs":
"How long is the edge of the Earth?
The edge of the Earth is infinitely long."
Hmm...my understanding of infinity may be different than others, but wouldn't this make it a sphere? I guess it's all in perspective.
I like the Springfield effect...so is there a Main Street effect? There are a lot of those too...
Oh well, who are we to redicule? People can think up of theories all they want...this is rather extreme, though. Some seem to do it just to be different.
And for anyone living in Idaho and North Dakota...I am sad to tell you that you simply do not exist. So please stop posting, you're bothering the living.
Another FAQ should be: "WHAT???"
YogsVR4
08-27-2003, 05:45 PM
:nono: There is an Atmosphere between here and the sun. It just doesn't go all the way there. :tongue:
Steel
08-27-2003, 06:44 PM
:nono: There is an Atmosphere between here and the sun. It just doesn't go all the way there. :tongue:
Yeah.. they're short by about 92.9997 million miles :rolleyes:
Yeah.. they're short by about 92.9997 million miles :rolleyes:
2strokebloke
08-27-2003, 07:14 PM
Well, the famous quote by i dont remember who is right "the two most common things in the universe are hydrogen, and stupidity."
You're quoting Frank Zappa (replace universe with "world" and common with "universal" and I believe you've got the proper quote)
North Dakota, is just South Dakota with a different name - so of course it doesn't exist.
You're quoting Frank Zappa (replace universe with "world" and common with "universal" and I believe you've got the proper quote)
North Dakota, is just South Dakota with a different name - so of course it doesn't exist.
Toksin
08-29-2003, 02:03 AM
*snicker*
Oz doesn't exist
*snicker*
Oz doesn't exist
*snicker*
ac427cpe
08-31-2003, 06:26 PM
i think i'll stop believing in gravity... maybe i'll learn to fly!
TexasF355F1
09-01-2003, 11:53 AM
:lol2: :screwy: My God, how stupid can you be. Those FAQs are so dumb. All they say in each of them is mainly "blah blah blah...the Earth is flat, blah blah blah..." I guess these people don't believe in the pictures from space....oh wait I bet that doesn't exist either. :rolleyes:
turbcivic
09-02-2003, 05:46 PM
Wait, we are riding are the back of a turtle? Hell ya, i like these guys. :banghead:
kublah
09-02-2003, 08:06 PM
I think that gravity one is my favorite. The thing about the turtle's "animal magnetism" holding us down makes more sense than their inertia theory. I guess they missed that f=ma part of high school physics...
Steel
09-03-2003, 02:05 PM
I think that gravity one is my favorite. The thing about the turtle's "animal magnetism" holding us down makes more sense than their inertia theory. I guess they missed that f=ma part of high school physics...
but of course high school physics (to them) is wrong, becasue it was taught by a corrupt government so that we would all wrongly believe that the earth is in fact a sphere!
edit: og yeah, i love how they try to prove one of their theories by saying that on a small scale (a few inches feet whatever) pi(which is a universal CONSTANT)=3.141592654.... BUT on the scale of the earth (casue its so much bigger) that pi=2.
2
2?
yes, 2.
fuckwits :shakehead
but of course high school physics (to them) is wrong, becasue it was taught by a corrupt government so that we would all wrongly believe that the earth is in fact a sphere!
edit: og yeah, i love how they try to prove one of their theories by saying that on a small scale (a few inches feet whatever) pi(which is a universal CONSTANT)=3.141592654.... BUT on the scale of the earth (casue its so much bigger) that pi=2.
2
2?
yes, 2.
fuckwits :shakehead
2strokebloke
09-03-2003, 07:56 PM
I think it's actually pretty funny. It reminds me when my science teacher would tell us, that you can't prove anything. All you can do is gather alot of data that suggests this is the most probable way things work.
Flat Earth Society is basically science, except that they play by their own rules (hey things that were thought to been "proven" have been disproven in the past) And in the end, like anything else science is just one persons opinions against another's. Though some people's opinions are more backed up than others :rofl:
Flat Earth Society is basically science, except that they play by their own rules (hey things that were thought to been "proven" have been disproven in the past) And in the end, like anything else science is just one persons opinions against another's. Though some people's opinions are more backed up than others :rofl:
blue4g2def
09-17-2003, 08:18 AM
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The Earth is like an elevator going up?!? hahahahha, bahahahahahahahah. That is why there is gravity? Because we are constantly accelerating upwards?
How do they explain what we see out in space, like other planets and stars? Are they flat too? Are they all just facing us because we're special?
If the south pole is the edge of the Earth, what about all of those explorers after Earnest Shackleton who crossed the south pole ?
animal magnetism? is this like how male and females (oposites) attract? is that animal magnetism? wtf is animal magnetism
you forgot: 11. Does this fit in with the Hollow Earth theory?
Yes. Beneath the Earth, or hanging off the edges, is a land populated by either green-skinned women or Nazis. All those claiming to have seen this have misinterpreted it to fit in with the spurious and false Spherical Earth theory.
dont do drugs, this is what happens.
GOD i wish i could talk to one of these people face to face.
The Earth is like an elevator going up?!? hahahahha, bahahahahahahahah. That is why there is gravity? Because we are constantly accelerating upwards?
How do they explain what we see out in space, like other planets and stars? Are they flat too? Are they all just facing us because we're special?
If the south pole is the edge of the Earth, what about all of those explorers after Earnest Shackleton who crossed the south pole ?
animal magnetism? is this like how male and females (oposites) attract? is that animal magnetism? wtf is animal magnetism
you forgot: 11. Does this fit in with the Hollow Earth theory?
Yes. Beneath the Earth, or hanging off the edges, is a land populated by either green-skinned women or Nazis. All those claiming to have seen this have misinterpreted it to fit in with the spurious and false Spherical Earth theory.
dont do drugs, this is what happens.
GOD i wish i could talk to one of these people face to face.
Steel
09-17-2003, 09:35 AM
I think it's actually pretty funny. It reminds me when my science teacher would tell us, that you can't prove anything. All you can do is gather alot of data that suggests this is the most probable way things work.
Flat Earth Society is basically science, except that they play by their own rules (hey things that were thought to been "proven" have been disproven in the past) And in the end, like anything else science is just one persons opinions against another's. Though some people's opinions are more backed up than others :rofl:
yes, you cant prove everything, but you can DISprove anything. its already been shown that flat earth= wrong. They dont use science, they just use conspiracy theories. All those people have watched the x-files a few too many times and took away a bit too much from each episode.
Flat Earth Society is basically science, except that they play by their own rules (hey things that were thought to been "proven" have been disproven in the past) And in the end, like anything else science is just one persons opinions against another's. Though some people's opinions are more backed up than others :rofl:
yes, you cant prove everything, but you can DISprove anything. its already been shown that flat earth= wrong. They dont use science, they just use conspiracy theories. All those people have watched the x-files a few too many times and took away a bit too much from each episode.
2strokebloke
09-17-2003, 02:51 PM
yes, you cant prove everything, but you can DISprove anything. its already been shown that flat earth= wrong. They dont use science, they just use conspiracy theories. All those people have watched the x-files a few too many times and took away a bit too much from each episode.
They've been proven wrong by other people's opinions on what science should be.... so long as they go by their own rules - they're still right. (which could be said for both the flat earth society, and "standard" science)
They've been proven wrong by other people's opinions on what science should be.... so long as they go by their own rules - they're still right. (which could be said for both the flat earth society, and "standard" science)
kublah
09-17-2003, 10:27 PM
you forgot: 11. Does this fit in with the Hollow Earth theory?
Yes. Beneath the Earth, or hanging off the edges, is a land populated by either green-skinned women or Nazis.
:rofl: Yeah, I should have left that one in. I agree with 2stroke's science teacher for the most part. We really can't be 100% sure of anything, but that doesn't get these guys off the hook. If someone chooses to believe something that stands in complete contempt of EVERYTHING that modern, and even not-so modern science has observed, thats their right. But I reserve my right to think that they, and anyone else who believes something just because they want to instead of forming a conclusion based on actual evidence, is a damn moron.
Every time you look out the window of a tall building, watch a ship disappear over the horizon, or even flush your toilet you see evidence that the earth is round. I'm sure these guys have an explanation for all of these things, but if they're as weak as everything else that I've read from them I don't really care to hear it. They may be able to make up their own scientific rules if they want, but to form these principles to support what you believe instead of forming what you believe based on what you observe again makes them morons. They've got hundreds of years of scientific observation and a very nice, physically consistent model of the known universe to overturn if they ever want to be taken at all seriously. They have a lot of work to do...
Yes. Beneath the Earth, or hanging off the edges, is a land populated by either green-skinned women or Nazis.
:rofl: Yeah, I should have left that one in. I agree with 2stroke's science teacher for the most part. We really can't be 100% sure of anything, but that doesn't get these guys off the hook. If someone chooses to believe something that stands in complete contempt of EVERYTHING that modern, and even not-so modern science has observed, thats their right. But I reserve my right to think that they, and anyone else who believes something just because they want to instead of forming a conclusion based on actual evidence, is a damn moron.
Every time you look out the window of a tall building, watch a ship disappear over the horizon, or even flush your toilet you see evidence that the earth is round. I'm sure these guys have an explanation for all of these things, but if they're as weak as everything else that I've read from them I don't really care to hear it. They may be able to make up their own scientific rules if they want, but to form these principles to support what you believe instead of forming what you believe based on what you observe again makes them morons. They've got hundreds of years of scientific observation and a very nice, physically consistent model of the known universe to overturn if they ever want to be taken at all seriously. They have a lot of work to do...
Gafoto
09-28-2003, 06:57 PM
Your assigned reading is: Terry Pratchet (sp?), The Color of Magic which is where all of this crap came from i'm pretty sure. Either that or Terry used it make a pretty damn amusing novel :rofl:
Misundaztood
10-08-2003, 11:26 PM
Okay, I have a serious question that kinda relates to this. Going by the round-earth theory(which I go by, don't know about you all)what if you built some sort of machine that could drill through the earth(stait through the core & everything)& came out on the other end, how would gravity work into it? Would you flip the minute you arived on the other side or what? Stupid question I know...
Cavallino
10-09-2003, 05:00 AM
Why did they decide it was on the back of a turtle? And if it is on the back of a turtle, is it like a giant sea turtle or does it walk, and if it walks what does it walk on? Maybe it walks on a bigger world thats on the back of a bigger turtle which walks on a bigger world......
kublah
10-10-2003, 11:00 PM
Okay, I have a serious question that kinda relates to this. Going by the round-earth theory(which I go by, don't know about you all)what if you built some sort of machine that could drill through the earth(stait through the core & everything)& came out on the other end, how would gravity work into it? Would you flip the minute you arived on the other side or what? Stupid question I know...
I'm pretty sure the force (pulling toward the center of the earth) would slowly decrease as you got closer to the middle. When you reach the middle it would be zero, then increase at the same rate as you moved toward the other side. If you hadn't already been burned into a little pile of carbon that is...
I'm pretty sure the force (pulling toward the center of the earth) would slowly decrease as you got closer to the middle. When you reach the middle it would be zero, then increase at the same rate as you moved toward the other side. If you hadn't already been burned into a little pile of carbon that is...
GundamExpo
10-10-2003, 11:09 PM
Slight correction, otherwise your dead on kublah, if you were right in the center you would still have gravity working on you, Gravity from the moon, sun, planets and all other matter in the universe. It just wouldent be very strong. Neato cool stuff if we could go to the center.
What about this idea. You have a planet, that has a solid cooled off core. you drill a hole straight though then jump off the surface on one side though the hole. My thought is that you would keep on going back and forth untill there was enough drag to stop you.
What about this idea. You have a planet, that has a solid cooled off core. you drill a hole straight though then jump off the surface on one side though the hole. My thought is that you would keep on going back and forth untill there was enough drag to stop you.
kublah
10-11-2003, 03:02 AM
Yeah, you'd go back and forth quite a few times, but that would probably be the last you saw of the surface for quite a while...
Steel
10-11-2003, 03:20 PM
yeah, you'd keep bouncing back and forth, less and less everytime, until you finally stopped in the middle and stuck to the closest surface :)
Carpie
10-30-2003, 10:44 AM
I went to the web site for the Flat Earth stuff... I got a headache. So, I took two Tylenol, grabbed my GPS receiver and decided to go for a walk...
... suddenly I fell over the edge of the world right into a huge green-skinned, female, Nazi rally! They started shooting at me because I'm pale-skinned, male, and a Republican, so I ran away. I eventually joined a small resistance fighting group, containing a few other people from this side of the Earth, but mostly made up of escaped slaves who were blue-skinned, male, and democracy-seeking. After six long years of fighting I was able to find the corresponding coordinates on that side of the Earth and was able to return here with the other 'normal' humans. Luckily, the space-time continuum is also severely distorted on the opposite side of the Earth, therefore I returned shortly after the moment I had fallen over the edge.
... I still have that headache, though!
... suddenly I fell over the edge of the world right into a huge green-skinned, female, Nazi rally! They started shooting at me because I'm pale-skinned, male, and a Republican, so I ran away. I eventually joined a small resistance fighting group, containing a few other people from this side of the Earth, but mostly made up of escaped slaves who were blue-skinned, male, and democracy-seeking. After six long years of fighting I was able to find the corresponding coordinates on that side of the Earth and was able to return here with the other 'normal' humans. Luckily, the space-time continuum is also severely distorted on the opposite side of the Earth, therefore I returned shortly after the moment I had fallen over the edge.
... I still have that headache, though!
ac427cpe
10-30-2003, 08:15 PM
that's some crazy Tylenol...
-Davo
11-10-2003, 11:33 PM
I think that FAQ is a joke.
"This FAQ was compiled by Lee Harvey Oswald Smith, KSC EMF, Chairperson dei gratia, Flat Earth Society" If I'm correct, he was killed over 30 years ago.
This is almost as stupid as goodfight.org.
*ED*
Re-reading some of those FAQ's, most of what they say is scientifically impossible.
"The reason for this effect is that the Earth's atmosphere becomes denser the further one ascends, after thinning out at about 5 miles."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but as you ascend, the atmosphere because LESS dense, hence the ablity to breath becomes harder. If It got MORE dence, it would be like trying to breathe water, not air. This is because of the electromagnetic field of the earth, the closer the core, the more intense, the furtur away, the less, untill you get into space, no pressure, no air, no gravity. To further illistrate my point, Diamond is made at extreme high pressures, and temperatures deep undergrund. If pressure increase with acsent, then our spaceships, and our astronoughts wouldn't of survived the trips, they would be crushed into nothing (assuming there was pressure in space)
?
"This FAQ was compiled by Lee Harvey Oswald Smith, KSC EMF, Chairperson dei gratia, Flat Earth Society" If I'm correct, he was killed over 30 years ago.
This is almost as stupid as goodfight.org.
*ED*
Re-reading some of those FAQ's, most of what they say is scientifically impossible.
"The reason for this effect is that the Earth's atmosphere becomes denser the further one ascends, after thinning out at about 5 miles."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but as you ascend, the atmosphere because LESS dense, hence the ablity to breath becomes harder. If It got MORE dence, it would be like trying to breathe water, not air. This is because of the electromagnetic field of the earth, the closer the core, the more intense, the furtur away, the less, untill you get into space, no pressure, no air, no gravity. To further illistrate my point, Diamond is made at extreme high pressures, and temperatures deep undergrund. If pressure increase with acsent, then our spaceships, and our astronoughts wouldn't of survived the trips, they would be crushed into nothing (assuming there was pressure in space)
?
GundamExpo
11-11-2003, 12:54 AM
The air gets less dense because there isnt enough gravity to hold a dense atmosphere up there. The earths magnetic field goes out alot farther then the atmosphere in most places.
Also... if the atmosphere did get more dense we wouldent see light from any stars, no satelites would be able to orbit... nothing to do with space that works now would work then, hell the moon would meet so much air resistance it would come crashing back to earth! Any what about lunar eclipses, where the ROUND shadow of the earth is projected onto the moon?
Also... if the atmosphere did get more dense we wouldent see light from any stars, no satelites would be able to orbit... nothing to do with space that works now would work then, hell the moon would meet so much air resistance it would come crashing back to earth! Any what about lunar eclipses, where the ROUND shadow of the earth is projected onto the moon?
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