Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Okay, so it's not technically a sphere -- It's more sphere than dome.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<But it's not a sphere... it's not symmetrical.>> The Earth isn't symmetrical either. But you certainly wouldn't call it a dome. The Earth is also surrounded by the atmosphere, which is not perfectly symmetrical either.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Didn't Disney call it a "Geosphere" in all of their literature, especially when EPCOT Center opened? Wonders of Life is a dome, Spaceship Earth is a sphere. End of debate....
Originally Posted By mousermerf The architects who worked on the building say it's two domes attached to a platform with a elongated equator giving the outward resemblance to an sphere.. but what do I know..
Originally Posted By mousermerf And I'd never call the earth a sphere, it's spherical, but not a sphere.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Technically it's two - the legs support a platform. From that one goes up and makes like 3/4 of the structure, around that area, the whole thing is elongated at an artificial equator making it asymmetrical. Below is a suspended second dome.*** Interesting. I was always aware that it wasn't *exactly* a sphere since it wasn't symmetrical (looks symmetrical enough to me though). But I wasn't aware it was done in 2 pieces. That's interesting. Are there any online pics or diagrams you've come across that illustrate this? I'd love to see a schematic or something if anyone knows of one.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***And I'd never call the earth a sphere, it's spherical, but not a sphere.*** Hey Mr. Factoid, ya forgot to capitalize the "e" in Earth.
Originally Posted By mousermerf <a href="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-5/1179349/23571974-spaceship2.jpg" target="_blank">http://img.villagephotos.com/p...hip2.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By mousermerf Well, 20 something posts to tell me how wrong I was when I was right but none to tell me how right I am when you all were wrong. Typical..
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Whatever merf -- Spaceship Earth was designed with the planet earth in mind. Which, to most humans is cinsidered to be spherical -- or in short, a sphere. Did you know that the planet earth spins in an axis? Also, if you are south of the Equator the water in your toilet drains in the opposite direction? Yeah -- BFD
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I still don't think you are right on this. Even if Spaceship Earth is two domes, they are grafted together to form a sphere, or spherical object. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Damn i'm good. << Good at being laughably weighed down by Disney theme park minutiae that you think makes you... *chuckle* ...superior? Yes, Merf, you're mighty good at that.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Almost 40 posts about whether it's a sphere or not and still no definitive answer. Think I'll tune in later to see what you guys decide. LOL
