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: I mean, sure, it smacks of imperialism and hegemony and a whole buncha
: naughty words, but when you are building a map of an interstellar
: civilization, where else would you put the coordinates 0,0,0 but at the
: geographic center of that civilization? Maybe someday Humanity will spread
: out far enough to use other reference points like the length along the
: Orion arm or the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, but
: the UNSC isn't there yet.
Just doesn't seem like a future-proof idea. The center of the galaxy ain't moving (well, any more than anything else) and it's a much easier and equidistant measuring point.
Halo Astronomy 101 | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/4/18 10:19 pm |
Re: Halo Astronomy 101 | davidfuchs | 9/21/18 1:25 am |
Re: Halo Astronomy 101 | Quirel | 9/21/18 4:07 pm |
Re: Halo Astronomy 101 | davidfuchs | 9/21/18 4:07 pm |
Re: Halo Astronomy 101 | Quirel | 9/21/18 1:51 am |
Stephen, I saw this and thought of you. | scarab | 10/5/18 10:41 pm |
Re: Stephen, I saw this and thought of you. | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/5/18 10:41 pm |