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