Neil Armstrong from Scottish descent? A pity he could not play a bagpipe on the moon?Aye, it was an Armstrong who rode to the moon!
(from one of the notorious families of Border rievers
cattle-robbers from the north side of the Wall)
In 1972, Neil Armstrong visited Langholm, seat of Clan Armstrong, and was proclaimed "first freeman of the burgh". he said: “My pleasure is not only that this is the land of Johnnie Armstrong, rather that my pleasure is in knowing that this is my home town and in the genuine feeling that I have among these hills among these people.”Aye, it was an Armstrong who rode to the moon!
(from one of the notorious families of Border rievers
cattle-robbers from the north side of the Wall
View attachment 341964
At least the hangar was real.
Nowadays everybody knows it was Eulalia who was first on the moon.
With their space biremes?
How does it work ?
Clearly she needs to go to SpecSavers
Indeed. You noticed that very well with your new specs.
They had to reach the edge of earth at the right moment, when the moon was beneath the earth.The Romans succeeded to reach the Moon because in those times, the Earth was still flat. They only had to row to the edge of Earth and let the spacecraft drop off the edge. That drop gave them the necessary speed to reach the Moon.
The Romans succeeded to reach the Moon because in those times, the Earth was still flat. They only had to row to the edge of Earth and let the spacecraft drop off the edge. That drop gave them the necessary speed to reach the Moon.
Well, okay, but be fair. You can drop off the earth on the outward leg, but you still have to row back.
I'm not sure whether they wanted to row back. Whenever they conquered a new province they stayed there and they colonised it.Well, okay, but be fair. You can drop off the earth on the outward leg, but you still have to row back.
Well, okay, but be fair. You can drop off the earth on the outward leg, but you still have to row back.
The things we could do, if only we hadn't made the Earth round, eh?They waited until full moon. Then the moon stands high above the Earth. They let themselves drop from the moon and used that speed to come back. With those propellors on top of the rowing section, in fact wind mills, they braked their speed, so that they made a gentle splashdown into the Mare Nostrum. Then they rowed back to the port of Ostia.
Smarther than you think, those Romans, gentlemen!
...are you trying to drag the Admicock into this thread with your 'full moon' remarks???They waited until full moon. Then the moon stands high above the Earth. They let themselves drop from the moon and used that speed to come back. With those propellors on top of the rowing section, in fact wind mills, they braked their speed, so that they made a gentle splashdown into the Mare Nostrum. Then they rowed back to the port of Ostia.
Smarther than you think, those Romans, gentlemen!
Our ancestors thought the earth was flat and they thought they were right.The things we could do, if only we hadn't made the Earth round, eh?
There is some doubt about the length of the measures Aristotle was using (1 stadion = 600 Greek feet), but it is believed that his calculations resulted in 39,952,644 m, which is very close to the modern measurement of 40,070 m.
About 100 years after Aristotle Eratosthenes of Cyrene used another method to calculate the circumference, based on the difference of the length of shadows in Syene (modern Aswan) and Alexandria and the distance between the two cities.
