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- From: strider@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Greg Moore)
- Subject: Re: Justification for the Space Program
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- In article <1992Dec22.143159.4832@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rbw3q@rayleigh.mech.Virginia.EDU (Brad Whitehurst) writes:
- >>
- > Well, Paul, I won't even try to convince you with facts. We'd
- >still have flat-earthers if somebody hadn't run out to the "edge" and
- >tried jumping off, despite all the great Greek geometry.
-
- Actually, before you start blaming the Greeks, keep in mind
- that they had a good idea the earth was curved. They even developed
- a rough approximation of the diameter based on the shadow of the sun.
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- It was a Greek (the name escapes me) that described a
- heliocentric solar system. Unfortunately Plotemly had better press.
-
- >
- >--
- >
- >Brad Whitehurst | Aerospace Research Lab
- >rbw3q@Virginia.EDU | We like it hot...and fast.
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