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Question on space

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  • 09-10-2023 4:51pm
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    yourdeadwright
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    If im in space in space ship & i look at the world and i see North pole at the top & OZ at the bottom,

    If i look with a telescope will the people at the north pole be the right way up & will people in Oz look upside down ???

    Also if i flew back in on my space ship i could fly straight to the North pole grand but if i fly to Australia would i be upside when i fly in or would i have to flip the space ship over at some point .



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    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Play No Man's Sky and all will be revealed.



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    yourdeadwright
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121214749#Comment_121214749

    What is that ?



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    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    It's a videogame where you can fly a spaceship from space and seamlessly land anywhere on a planet.



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    The Hill Billy
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    Assuming that your spacecraft was oriented north for your initial observation, the answer to both questions would be 'Yes.'



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    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,430 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121215471#Comment_121215471

    That's it really. In reality, there's no 'up' or 'down' in space. There's just your own relative orientation to the object you're looking at.

    Always find it a little bit funny in Star Trek when ships meet each other and they're all orientated the same way. In reality they'd more likely be in completely different orientations on their axis.



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