Apr 15 2009
Just Where Am I?
Does this science article title from over at ScienceDaily confuse you as much as it did me?
Scientists Pinpoint The ‘Edge Of Space’
I thought space was curved. That it had no edge. Half-quotes or not. So I read the article, expecting to encounter something far-out. What I learned is that the ‘Edge Of Space’ is a mere 118 kilometers above my head. Oh, that edge of space: the boundary between the Earth’s atmosphere and . . . no atmosphere.
I’m still confused. At this very moment am I sitting in space, on the edge of space, or outside of space? (And can I still get pizza delivered if I am in space?)
Don’t get me going about time.
Words . . . so problematic, so essential.
