>>21766182what about the part where all of NASAs own documentation for every single craft, model, etc all assumes earth is flat and stationary lol?
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890005752A linear aircraft model for a rigid aircraft of constant mass flying over a flat, nonrotating earth is derived and defined.
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720012071/downloads/19720012071.pdfThe method is limited, however, to application where a flat, nonrotating earth may be assumed.
it turns out whenever you're doing ANYTHING ON EARTH, from designing spacecraft to civil engineering, you can just assume earth is flat and stationary "for convenience" and it always ends up working out
