I can think of a few reasons you dont want to fly across the Antarctic.
One, flying in a straight line is not the shortest route and is why it appears flights are taking the long way around if your looking at a 2d map. Not sure how that works if the earth is flat.
Two, I imagine the winds are worse there, these are the coldest parts of the planet with some of the strongest winds on the planet, if I remember correctly.
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/antarctica/extreme-winds/katabatic-winds
Three, launching satellites into polar orbit is expensive and hard to maintain, I even noticed the poles seem to be the only spots not surrounded by musks 5g starlink. I wonder if this is because where the radiation is stronger its hard to keep electronics active, especially during something like a northern lights type of event. Anyway, you need straight line of site to satellites if you want to use gps for navigation.
Anyways, I learned with some simple trigonometry and algebra you can calculate the radius of the earth yourself. I dont think this experiment would work if the earth was really flat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DamHd3MEgZY
The FOIL method hahah, First Outside Inside Last. I used to crush that back in highschool, I barely remember any of it now :(. If you dont use it, you lose it, for sure.
I can think of a few reasons you dont want to fly across the Antarctic.
One, flying in a straight line is not the shortest route and is why it appears flights are taking the long way around if your looking at a 2d map. Not sure how that works if the earth is flat.
Two, I imagine the winds are worse there, these are the coldest parts of the planet with some of the strongest winds on the planet, if I remember correctly.
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/antarctica/extreme-winds/katabatic-winds
Three, launching satellites into polar orbit is expensive and hard to maintain, I even noticed the poles seem to be the only spots not surrounded by musks 5g starlink. I wonder if this is because where the radiation is stronger its hard to keep electronics active, especially during something like a northern lights type of event. Anyway, you need straight line of site to satellites if you want to use gps for navigation.
Anyways, I learned with some simple trigonometry you can calculate the radius of the earth yourself. I dont think this experiment would work if the earth was really flat.
I can think of a few reasons you dont want to fly across the Antarctic.
One, flying in a straight line is not the shortest route and is why it appears flights are taking the long way around if your looking at a 2d map. Not sure how that works if the earth is flat.
Two, I imagine the winds are worse there, these are the coldest parts of the planet with some of the strongest winds on the planet, if I remember correctly.
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/antarctica/extreme-winds
Three, launching satellites into polar orbit is expensive and hard to maintain, I even noticed the poles seem to be the only spots not surrounded by musks 5g starlink. I wonder if this is because where the radiation is stronger its hard to keep electronics active, especially during something like a northern lights type of event. Anyway, you need straight line of site to satellites if you want to use gps for navigation.
Anyways, I learned with some simple trigonometry you can calculate the radius of the earth yourself. I dont think this experiment would work if the earth was really flat.
I can think of a few reasons you dont want to fly across the Antarctic.
One, flying in a straight line is not the shortest route and is why it appears flights are taking the long way around if your looking at a 2d map. Not sure how that works if the earth is flat.
Two, I imagine the winds are worse there, these are the coldest parts of the planet with some of the strongest winds on the planet, if I remember correctly.
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/antarctica/extreme-winds
Three, launching satellites into polar orbit is expensive and hard to maintain, I even noticed the poles seem to be the only spots not surrounded by musks 5g starlink. I wonder if this is because where the radiation is stronger its hard to keep electronics active, especially during something like a northern lights type of event.
Anyways, I learned with some simple trigonometry you can calculate the radius of the earth yourself. I dont think this experiment would work if the earth was really flat.