Please Convince Me The Earth Is Moving And Not At The Center Of The Universe

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OoSnap said:

Or think about this... Felix Baumgartner on his world record free-fall jump reached 38,969m altitude and spent 2 and a half hours ascending, 4:19 minutes falling to the ground, and 7 minutes parachuting the rest of the way down. His distance from launch: 70.5k or 43.8 miles. How come he didn't land in the Pacific Ocean if the Earth was rotating West to East beneath him at such speed? 

You can't use the atmosphere rotates with the earth argument because at that height there is only 1% of surface air density. At what height would Felix have experienced the Earth rotating below him? 50km? 70km? 100km? 

At what height does one have to be to have the Earth move beneath you? 

Or you could simplify things, go one step further and just ask why people don't die from deceleration when they jump.

It's because because god in his (or her) infinite mercifulness decided to not apply any force in the theta and phi coordinates.

TruckOSaurus said:
I can't wait for your "The earth is flat" thread.

Would fap anyway. She's hot enough for me.