r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/InsaneMocktail • Sep 08 '26

Video University of Waterloo Students Launch Rocket Breaking World Record

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u/_MrBond_ Sep 08 '26

Check mate flat earthers

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u/skoltroll Sep 08 '26

Nah. That rocket used a fish-eye lens. Clearly flat.

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u/zebrasareneat Sep 08 '26

I mean it is a fish eye lens. 

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Sep 09 '26

It kind of bugs me, every video I see of stuff like this is using fish eye lenses. I know the Earth is round, I just want a student made rocket to fly this high with a normal camera to show those that don't.

Cause it's always "oh NASAs in on it, oh so and so is in on it because they work with NASA or the gov or some billion dollar company". I want to be able to say "you can make a hobbyist rocket and fly it high enough with your own camera like these students and see for yourself". Can't do that with a fish eye lens

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u/2squishmaster Sep 09 '26

Everyone uses fisheye lenses because you get a massive amount of data with that field of view with only a single camera. It's not convenient for flat earther arguments but also who cares, nobody is going to optimize for them at the expense of good data.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Sep 09 '26

IDK, that seems kind of weak

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u/2squishmaster Sep 09 '26

How's that? Scientifically, what's the reason to use an inferior capture method?

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u/VedauwooChild Sep 09 '26

better yet, don’t waste your energy trying to argue with flat earthers

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u/Kraken-__- Sep 08 '26

The lens of a flatfish eye?

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u/crazyberzerker Sep 08 '26

It is absolutely an intentionally exaggerated curve in the video, but that doesn't mean the earth isn't round. Both can be true. I just don't understand why use that particular lens as opposed to any other one? Is there some disadvantage that this one compensates for?

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u/technocraticTemplar Sep 09 '26

Using this sort of lens lets you see more with one camera, and rockets are always very weight constrained. They want to see as much as possible to both get a cool video out of the flight and to get as many details as possible on any problems that happen/bits that fly off.

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u/crazyberzerker Sep 09 '26

That makes sense, instead of 2 cameras increase the viewing capacity of one, remove the other. Only downside is an extra curvy video

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u/MelangeBot Sep 08 '26

but fish eyes are round, like a globe.

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u/deslyfox Sep 08 '26

Those fish eyes need glasses

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u/No-Valuable-226 Sep 09 '26

How big do you think a human is compared the planet? If it's truly flat why hasn't a meteor smashed this dish? How do you explain ships sinking in the distance? I was in the navy out to sea and I have seen the terminator line (the line that crosses from day to night, you can easily Google that one btw)... How do you explain the terminator line? Don't worry I'll wait

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u/skoltroll Sep 09 '26

You'll have to wait forever bc that was sarcasm

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u/Soggy_Needleworker57 Sep 09 '26

Yes clearly, you can even see it when the rocket turn upside down the atmosphere gets curvature relative to earth.

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u/aakaakaak Sep 09 '26

Everything's better with a fish eye lens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbvxlvSIIww

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u/mike99ca Sep 08 '26

It made round Earth look even rounder. Double check mate.