'No astronaut has ever been and this is going to sound wild when I say this, no astronaut has ever been on a top of a pile of liquid explosives launched off in space,' Sargent purported. Many flat-Earthers, including Sargent, believe that astronauts are actually actors who are part of a larger conspiracy. The Earth is viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. 'And at that point you're sort of saying, 'Wait a minute.''īut Mike Massimino, senior adviser for space programs at the Intrepid Museum in New York City, told ABC News the topic is not up for debate.

'As soon as you start looking into the pictures of the globe, you start seeing words like 'composite' or 'animation' or you know something that tells you this is not an actual photograph of the earth,' Skiba said. 'Absolutely sound.' Flat-Earthers denounce traditional and iconic 'blue marble' images taken from space as fake, including Rob Skiba. But the basic concept is sound,' he said. 'I mean there are some details to be worked out, sure.

Sargent told ABC News he is 'pretty sure' that’s what the flat Earth looks like. According to most flat Earth maps, the North Pole is at the center with the ice of Antarctica holding everything in. Some flat-Earthers imagine Earth looks like a snow globe with a dome - round but not a sphere. Hurricane Harvey is pictured off the coast of Texas from aboard the International Space Station, Aug.

The earth is flat