Sit Down Bobby
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Recently we ran a story about international artist BoB, wanting to prove once and for all that the Earth was indeed flat.
The cities in the background are approx. 16miles apart… where is the curve ? please explain this pic.twitter.com/YCJVBdOWX7
— B.o.B +1 404-236-6129 (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
Well, now actual astronauts have weighed in. The very fact that they got involved must show how ridiculous this whole thing is. BoB was convinced to make a satellite on Twitter a week or so ago, but the people who have been into space have proved him wrong.
Scott Kelly was one of the first to respond, a veteran of four space flights and former commander of the International Space Station, tweeted:
Show you the curve? Here you go @bobatl! One full orbit around Earth. Maybe donate funds raised to #PuertoRicoRelief https://t.co/bhJSXfwYXL pic.twitter.com/rFAysS2clc
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) September 27, 2017
Then Terry Virts, who has been on four missions to space for Nasa and was also a former commander of the ISS.
I can save BoB a lot of money- The Earth is round. I flew around it. https://t.co/F7qAovPEng @bobatl @BBCWorld
— Terry Virts (@AstroTerry) September 27, 2017
Even Buzz Aldrin got involved.
I did too. It's called an orbit: the curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet, or moon. https://t.co/h8GQJadfxD
— Dr. Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) September 27, 2017
Can we stop this now?
Please?