lowk I have no idea what this is but I figured I'd post here

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[–] 25 points 1 day ago (1 child)

The distance was so far that the Coriolis effect—the rotation of the Earth—was substantial enough to affect trajectory calculations.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    That's why it was so imprecise because everyone knows the world is a disk (on the back of four huge elephants standing on a giant turtle).

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  • [–] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Where's that turtle standing on?

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