Quote (caswallen @ Oct 21 2016 01:48pm)
but there is no air in space, that doesn't make sense... you are attributing the earth moving through air with every thing you say... you are likening it to a solid moving through a gas.... it's not... it's matter moving through emptiness.... the ONLY force that changes the direction of the earth moving through space is gravity.... the gravity of the sun is the ONLY thing preventing the earth from flying in 1 direction forever......... or until the earth would crash into another planet
Space is not empty - its made of 96% Dark matter and energy - look it up - we just have no clue what it is.
Also In the Heliocentric model the earth - which you think is traveling through space - is not really correct - it is surrounded by air and would be traveling through that.
Its pretty retarded if you think about it.
Just look at the spin of the earth at 1000mph hour at the equator not only is the air being sucked to earth - but its relative to its direction as well, we are always spinning to the east and spinning around the sun to the east so the air is spinning at the same speed and direction , so how is it possible that you can fly in a plane in a westward direction at 500 mph though the air that is travelling to the east at 66,000 mph + 0-1000mph?
You cant because the earth is not moving.
This post was edited by card_sultan on Oct 21 2016 06:04pm