How do flat earth proponents explain the presence of space satellites visible with telescopes by amateurs. My wife's first cousin is a Ph.D. astrophysicist and consults for companies that send rockets with satellites attached with them into space. He has seen this himself as he is responsible for calculating payloads and trajectories, in order to achieve stable orbits in space. Do FE proponents claim that satellites travel in a circular path "above" the earth much like it is claimed that the sun does? If so, wouldn't somebody get the idea to strap a camera on them, which would show the actual configuration of the continents? If the earth were a flat disc, wouldn't someone from a private company--not controlled by a government agency--be excited to share the reality of a flat earth to the world? Wouldn't that spark a huge public outcry that we have been lied to for generations. Wouldn't every effort then be made to confirm this truth by the public? If satellites orbit in circular path above the earth, instrument panels would be able to measure that this is happening and that the satellite was not traveling in an orbit around a globe shaped earth.
The alternative to this is that everyone who has ever worked for satellite companies and studied in their fields for years are ALL devious liars and conspirators-and for what purpose? How would they make money and provide for their families--and they often do make a lot of money--if they are actually doing nothing by lying to everyone? They would not show the kind of infectious excitement about their work, which I have seen first hand in my wife's cousin, if they were simply lying and part of a huge conspiracy. Wouldn't someone eventually spill the beans that NASA, etc, is all a hoax? It is my understanding of human nature that conspiracies of this size are impossible to keep under wraps because when you assemble a large group of people someone always gossips.