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Re: The Flat Earth?

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From: David Powell
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 00:00
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Roger M. Wilcox (rogerw@cisco.com) wrote:
>In article <O1iblelgYjV9079yn@calvados.apna.org.au> shelter@calvados.apana.org.au (Madhudvisa) writes:
>>   to flatten out the Northern Hemisphere and just let the Southern
>>   bits stick out over the edges.. ie: South Africa and South America
>>   just stick out as we have observed them and you put Australia out
>>   there somewhere, throw in a few little islands and you've got it.
Eeeeeek! I'm falling off the edge of the world! :) (I live is one of 
those southern bits that hangs over. Nice view!)

>However, I'm perfectly willing to agree that Mars is flat.  I hereby open
>membership in the Flat Mars Society.  The only times we've seen it through
>a telescope it's been a fully-lit DISK, hasn't it?  Ever seen it as a
>crescent, hmmm, have you?  Have you ever seen the Dark Side of Mars?  Do
>you really think those Mariner and Viking probes actually WENT there, and
>weren't just sending back pictures of rocks from some NASA guy's sandlot
>through a red filter?  I say we take our stand NOW!!!
Yup! Remember Capricorn One! It's all a hoax. :)
David.
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From: dragon@triode.apana.org.au (David Powell)
Subject: Re: The Flat Earth?
Date: 1995/06/11
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