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Space Airlines
One day in Atlanta, Cut-my-own-throat Dabney was trying to convince Fred to buy his company, Space Airlines. He told Fred, "My company is the wave of the future! We've already got hundreds of space planes operating, but I need to cash out to start another venture in oranges. All I'm asking for is ten million dollars, and that's cutting my own throat!"
"I don't know," said Fred, "it doesn't sound too feasible to me."
"Look, I can prove that the planes are flying, " the slick salesman replied. "That's why I brought you out here at night. Here, face south and look up into the sky. Can you see those moving dots? Those are the planes flying through space to their destinations."
After looking up for a minute, Fred did see the moving dots. He looked at them for a while before turning to Dabney and exclaiming, "I'm out of here you crook!"
What made Fred so sure that Cut-my-own-throat Dabney was a crook?
"I don't know," said Fred, "it doesn't sound too feasible to me."
"Look, I can prove that the planes are flying, " the slick salesman replied. "That's why I brought you out here at night. Here, face south and look up into the sky. Can you see those moving dots? Those are the planes flying through space to their destinations."
After looking up for a minute, Fred did see the moving dots. He looked at them for a while before turning to Dabney and exclaiming, "I'm out of here you crook!"
What made Fred so sure that Cut-my-own-throat Dabney was a crook?
Answer
While Fred was looking at the moving dots, he realized that he was looking at satellites orbiting the Earth, not "space planes". From the Northern Hemisphere, where he was standing, he knew that he could look south to see the satellites orbiting the earth above the equator.Hide Answer Show Answer
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good teaser - i got confused, but you already knew that
well done!
well done!
that was pretty hard for me
You always seem to have a Fred around there somewhere... wonder why? Great teaser and keep them coming, as i enjoyed this one very much!
I was waaaay out of orbit on this one...
Good one though!!
Good one though!!
beam me up scotty
oops he cant do that anymore
nicely done
oops he cant do that anymore
nicely done
I loved it, I could just see him looking up there and realizing what was up!!!!
terrific teaser! I like to look up at the sky and watch the stars and find satellites, so I got this one quick. awesome job.
Fun teaser.
I don't understand why a sattellite would not look exactly the same as a "space plane" to am observer.
That was a good one! If you are interested in science you know it. At that height any light would look just like any light. But if you know about sattelites... But they have been mistaken for UFO's by somebody I bet.
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