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which way is north in space? by schneigl2006-11-19 12:55:59
  a more important and harder to answer question: by pSYCHOi3OY2003-12-19 12:30:04
    You don't. by subbywan2003-12-19 12:40:21
      How can you have a north but not a south? by tigermouse2003-12-19 14:27:36
        Because that's only valid by subbywan2003-12-19 14:31:12
          That's the way astronomers seem to define it by tigermouse2003-12-19 14:53:30
            Tis because of two different applications. by subbywan 2003-12-19 14:57:54
For astronomers, Earth is the reference point that lets them define up from down. The Earth doesn't rotate in such a way that N and S rotate. N is always up, S is always down.

However, if you're talking about space travel, then you no longer have that reference point, because the ship could be oriented in *any* direction with respect to the GNP.
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              But if you have a network of reference stars by tigermouse2003-12-19 15:12:57

 

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