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Flight of fantasy

Earlier this year, a flat-Earther launched a ballistic rocket to observe Earth from altitude. If it were indeed flat and shaped like a frisbee, what would his ballistic path look like if he launched near the disc edge and aimed towards the edge? Would it be a parabolic arc or something else?

12 December 2018

Earlier this year, a flat-Earther launched a ballistic rocket to observe Earth from altitude. If it were indeed flat and shaped like a frisbee, what would his ballistic path look like if he launched near the disc edge and aimed towards the edge? Would it be a parabolic arc or something else?

• If Earth were indeed flat and frisbee-shaped (and dry), we would visually perceive it from the centre of the disc as a huge flat plain. As we tried to walk towards the edge, the gravitational pull of the centre increases, meaning our bodies would have to lean…

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