All aboard the flat earth cruise – just don’t tell them&nbsp;about nautical navigationA group of people who believe the Earth is flat haveannounced their “boldest adventure yet”: a Flat Earth cruisescheduled for 2020. Flat earthers will enjoy swimming poolsand perhaps even an artificial surf wave. There’s just oneproblem for those celebrating the flatness of the Earth. Thenavigational systems cruise ships, and other vessels, userely on the fact that the Earth is not flat. “Nautical charts aredesigned with that in mind: that the Earth is round. GPSrelies on 24 main satellites which orbit the Earth to providepositional and navigational information. The reason why 24satellites were used is because of the curvature of theEarth,” said Henk Keijer, a former cruise ship captain whosailed all over the globe during a 23-year career. “At leastthree satellites are required to determine a position. Butsomeone located on the other side of the Earth would alsolike to know their position, so they also require a certainnumber of satellites. Had the Earth been flat, a total of threesatellites would have been enough to provide thisinformation to everyone on Earth. But it is not enough,because the Earth is round.”(Adaptado de https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/09/flat-earth-cruisenautical-navigation. Acessado em 20/08/2020.) A respeito do fato noticiado, o autor do texto ressalta&nbsp;

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