Most readers will have heard of the International Date Line, established as an irregular line, drawn by convention through the Pacific Ocean, substantially along the 180th meridian IDL marks the place where the date changes.
Crossing the line from west to east, travelers gain a day and, conversely, lose a day traveling east to west.
The position of the IDL has been arbitrarily designated and is partly curved to accommodate eastern Siberia, then bulges westward again in order to avoid crossing land.
Let us now assume that a successor of the Concorde can take its passengers around the equator, cicrcling the globe in six hours. Flying west to east it will cross the IDL four times in 24hours and consequently lose four days. Starting, say, in the 18th of March it will land on the 14th of March. Continuing the journey the passengers will go back into history eventually reliving the birth of Christ. Is there something wrong with this reasoning???
2007-01-06
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