Well, as absurd as it sounds, there are a lot of people who really believe that the earth is flat - if you believe that, don't be mad at me, there is much more evidence that we are on a globe than on a record that obeys the laws of the world. Physics similar to the game Pac-Man. Either way, people say they will take the test: Earth planers will embark on a cruise, scheduled for 2020, to check out the "edge" of the planet.

All existing nautical charts are designed with the mindset that the planet is spherical

The tour is organized by the International Flatland Conference, featuring celebrities such as rapper BoB and model party rice Tila Tequila, with chic restaurants, pools with artificial waves and all the basic perks of a trip. on vacation. But there is a problem: how is the boat going to celebrate all the glory of an LP format when the navigation system was based on a sphere?

"Ships sail on the principle that the earth is round. Nautical charts are designed with that in mind: that the earth is spherical, " says Henk Keijer, a former cruise ship captain who has sailed around the world for 23 years., in an interview with The Guardian.

The announcement of the "enlightening" trip. Source: Flat Earth International Conference

Keijer, who now works as a forensic naval expert at Robson Forensic, said the existence of GPS is proof that the earth is an orb - not a flat disk. The global positioning system has 24 major satellites around the planet to provide location and navigation information.

"The reason 24 satellites were used is because of the curvature of the earth. A minimum of three satellites is needed to determine a position. But someone on the other side of the planet might also want to know their position, so a number of satellites. If it were flat, a total of three satellites would have been enough to provide that information. But it isn't, because the earth is round. "

International Flatland Conference does not comment on the excursion

Asked by The Guardian for more details about the cruise, the organization of the International Flatland Conference declined to comment. According to the event, after “extensive experimentation, analysis and research, ” its supporters came to the conclusion that the earth is not a sphere. A recurring theory is that Earth is a large disk surrounded by an “ice wall barrier” in Antarctica.

The Flat Earth Society suggests that "the world's space agencies have conspired to falsify space travel and exploration." “It probably started during the Cold War. The Soviet Union and the United States were obsessed with confronting each other in space and went so far as to falsify their achievements in an attempt to overcome the other's supposed achievements. ”

It is only difficult to find there a crew that does not believe that the earth is a sphere and can work well to bring general to this edge. “I sailed 2 million miles (the equivalent of over 3.2 million kilometers), more or less. I haven't found a single sea captain who believes the earth is flat, ”says Keijer.

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