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Flat Earth Community / Re: Is it irrational to believe Flat Earth?
« on: October 07, 2018, 01:53:58 AM »
You can believe anything you want. In my case I believe that the earth is a sphere. This is the only thing that makes sense. Before I retired, I was a Merchant Marine officer. I worked on ships 6 months of each year. My job was providing communications and technical help. On the last ship I was on I was 'riding herd' on 4 different satellite systems. Each day I would take a look to see where the antenna was pointing. I would also note the position of the ship in the world. We would use many different satellite systems and mostly they were in geosynchronous orbit above the earth's equator. This meant that the satellites would be about 25000 miles up. It is well known that you can't get a satellite signal much above 70 North latitude. This is because you would have to point the dish below the horizon and the earth and/or sea would block the signal. If the earth was flat this wouldn't be necessary and my job would have been a lot easier.