At what distance do you expect one to be able to see the curvature?
322,000 feet is roughly 60 miles. The Earth's supposed circumference is roughly 25,000 miles. The distance traveled upwards is roughly .02% of the Earth's circumference.
Comparing this relative to a basketball, that is roughly .006 of an inch off the ball that has a circumference of 29.5 inches which translates to roughly 1/6th of a millimeter from the surface.
If you were a small fraction of the size of a grain of sand, 1/6th of a millimeter above the ball's surface, do you think it would appear round from that perspective? I would have a hard time saying yes to that.
Please feel free to correct me if I'm retarded when it comes to the math.
At what distance do you expect one to be able to see the curvature?
322,000 feet is roughly 60 miles. The Earth's supposed circumference is roughly 25,000 miles. The distance traveled upwards is roughly .02% of the Earth's circumference.
Comparing this relative to a basketball, that is roughly .006 of an inch off the ball that has a circumference of 29.5 inches which translates to roughly 1/6th of a millimeter from the surface.
If you were a small fraction of the size of a grain of sand, 1/6th of a millimeter above the ball's surface, do you think it would appear round from that perspective? I would have a hard time saying yes to that.
Please feel free to correct me if I'm retarded when it comes to the math.
Always further than you can check/verify/validate friend... Coincidence?
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