sure it's easy to dismiss and make fun of
but if the earth really is moving at 1000 miles an hour, why do planes have to fly half way around the world, why not just send the plane up high enough, wait and then come back down when the earth is where you want to be?/QUOTE]
Could you please hold this thought for a couple of months, when the first commercial flight into space starts?
P.S. In the meantime, make a study of all the launches into space up to now. You know, the Apollo projects, the Space Shuttle, etc. Take extra notice of the amount of fuel they're using to escape from earth's gravity field.
What about the clouds in the sky
we may look up and see the same cloud hovering over our house for hours
if the planet was spinning at 1,000 mph surely the clouds would be left behind in a split second
sure it's easy to dismiss and make fun of
but if the earth really is moving at 1000 miles an hour, why do planes have to fly half way around the world, why not just send the plane up high enough, wait and then come back down when the earth is where you want to be?
What about the clouds in the sky
we may look up and see the same cloud hovering over our house for hours
if the planet was spinning at 1,000 mph surely the clouds would be left behind in a split second
If you are in a car going 70mph down the highway, and it's a smooth car with great shocks (etc.), you could conceivably have your face buried in a book or an Ipad for hours and forget that you were actually moving 70 mph in a car. Everything is moving with you, so your perception is relative.
Anyhow, just to make this easy as pie...
Look at the stars in the night sky. They move.
How does that happen if the Earth is not rotating?
Right.