DD> Actually, the South Pole is at the top - I've seen the pics taken by   
    DD> the shuttle.   
      
    PQ> It's funny you should mention that as I'm currently running a   
    PQ> downloaded NASA video sequence of the Earth on our HD TV, as the   
    PQ> ISS is circling the Earth.  (Not that one.  The other one.  There's   
    PQ> two of 'em.)  You're quite right.  It's an irrefutable fact.    
    PQ> Everything is down.   
      
   not according to Andrew Wiggin (better known as Ender)... everyone in his   
   classes at Battle School had problems with direction until he pointed out that   
   down is where your feet are and up is where your head is... then they only   
   needed to figure out how to rotate and pivot to be able to move in 3D space as   
   a fighting unit when it came time for hand-to-hand combat ;)   
      
   Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card   
   http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/endersgame/endersgame.shtml   
      
      
   BTW: the entire series is a good read. like others, it is also best to read   
   them in order to keep everything straight ;)   
      
      
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