Somebody Moved Mount Everest

Jimbuna · 12-14-12, 08:02 AM

Oops!!

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The US space agency, Nasa, has admitted it mistook a mountain in India for Mount Everest when it posted online a picture taken from space.
Nasa initially said the photo - by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko - showed the world's tallest summit.
The image was quickly picked up by a number of media outlets, but Nasa removed it after a Nepalese expert spotted the error.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20714990

Catfish · 12-14-12, 09:33 AM

Apple map navigation ?

TarJak · 12-14-12, 03:12 PM

Even NASA can't move mountains.

BossMark · 12-14-12, 03:42 PM

"If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammed must go to the mountain.

Platapus · 12-14-12, 08:46 PM

From the top, I imagine that mountains all look a like.

TarJak · 12-15-12, 12:43 AM

Yes but given the correct coordinates they should be able to tell one from another. Isn't this the organization that worked out which mountains to avoid when landing on Mars or the Moon? They should have someone experienced at looking at mountains from above somewhere in their team.

Platapus · 12-15-12, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Yes but given the correct coordinates they should be able to tell one from another. Isn't this the organization that worked out which mountains to avoid when landing on Mars or the Moon? They should have someone experienced at looking at mountains from above somewhere in their team.

It should be noted that the error was that someone posted the wrong picture. That does not mean that NASA is unable to determine the right location.

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BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	"If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammed must go to the mountain. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	From the top, I imagine that mountains all look a like. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Even NASA can't move mountains.

12-15-12, 12:43 AM	#6
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Yes but given the correct coordinates they should be able to tell one from another. Isn't this the organization that worked out which mountains to avoid when landing on Mars or the Moon? They should have someone experienced at looking at mountains from above somewhere in their team.