I'll review Mark Sargent's appearance on Coast with Noori here soon. He points to the proof of flat earth as ships going in opposite directions around Antarctica as being able to meet in a week or a month as the proof. He says the coast always has to be in sight. He did not cite a latitude. He didn't cite the Vendee Yacht Race. He didn't deal with any problem of the ships finding each other. He didn't consider radio contact. He didn't really consider the 2-ships-in-opposite-directions very much-- other than voicing it in 15 seconds. He veered off, goaded by George Noori, into who built the "dome of earth" and why. He pointed to the Antarctic Treaty as sealing off Antarctica to exploration for resources and he dealt with Byrd's trips fairly extensively.
Sargent's 2-ships-in-opposite-directions proof is interesting to me because it is very similar to my favorite proof which is simply a one vehicle circumnavigation, preferably by airplane, and by touching down on airport ice and snow landing strips around the perimeter-- virtually-- by looking at reports of flights, flight times, speeds, different aircraft capacity, etc. The ship circumnavigation could be interesting too except that I like planes better because it's quicker. I'm not sure why Sargent uses two ships instead of one. One ship could start at Punta Mundes Chile-- go west... and come back around from the east at around 65 S latitude-- and simply record speed, distance, time. One ship would do it. Two ships might miss each other.
More on this later.
Sargent's 2-ships-in-opposite-directions proof is interesting to me because it is very similar to my favorite proof which is simply a one vehicle circumnavigation, preferably by airplane, and by touching down on airport ice and snow landing strips around the perimeter-- virtually-- by looking at reports of flights, flight times, speeds, different aircraft capacity, etc. The ship circumnavigation could be interesting too except that I like planes better because it's quicker. I'm not sure why Sargent uses two ships instead of one. One ship could start at Punta Mundes Chile-- go west... and come back around from the east at around 65 S latitude-- and simply record speed, distance, time. One ship would do it. Two ships might miss each other.
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Hi, I'm Captain Rick of the Virtual Circumference Voyage of Antarctica. I intend to prove definitively if Earth is flat or a sphere by paying careful attention to how many miles we cover as we travel "around" Antarctica. Flat earth theory says it's 50-60,000 miles. Spherical Earth theory says it 14,000 miles. Join me and ask any questions that you think would help our mission.