| | Mr. Schlafly, I'm a bit confused about a minor point in this lecture. It says, ''The Qin dynasty began to construct the Great Wall to defend against foreign invaders, which stretches today for 1,400 miles and is the only man-made structure easily seen from outer space.''. I've just been editing the CP article on the [[Great Wall of China]] (mostly for grammar, but I did some reference-checking too), and it says that the Wall is ''not'' easily seen from outer space, that it can barely be seen at low orbit, and that other man-made structures are easier to see, which is a bit different than what you've said here. Could you take a look? I know this is a fairly minor issue in the big scheme of things, but we don't want to confuse our students by saying two different things. (Remember, I'm far from an expert in either Geography or China!) Thanks. --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 13:54, 10 March 2009 (EDT) | | Mr. Schlafly, I'm a bit confused about a minor point in this lecture. It says, ''The Qin dynasty began to construct the Great Wall to defend against foreign invaders, which stretches today for 1,400 miles and is the only man-made structure easily seen from outer space.''. I've just been editing the CP article on the [[Great Wall of China]] (mostly for grammar, but I did some reference-checking too), and it says that the Wall is ''not'' easily seen from outer space, that it can barely be seen at low orbit, and that other man-made structures are easier to see, which is a bit different than what you've said here. Could you take a look? I know this is a fairly minor issue in the big scheme of things, but we don't want to confuse our students by saying two different things. (Remember, I'm far from an expert in either Geography or China!) Thanks. --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 13:54, 10 March 2009 (EDT) |
| | :If I recall correctly, Hsmom is right. Several cities (New York, etc) are visible from space, but ''not'' the Great Wall. [[User:EdGlorpus|EdGlorpus]] 20:31, 11 March 2009 (EDT) | | :If I recall correctly, Hsmom is right. Several cities (New York, etc) are visible from space, but ''not'' the Great Wall. [[User:EdGlorpus|EdGlorpus]] 20:31, 11 March 2009 (EDT) |
| | + | :::Excellent! I'd love to get a glimpse of earth from space - wouldn't that be amazing? One ''very'' minor quibble - you might want to change "outer space" to simply "space". It seems that the man-made structures are visible from lower orbits but not from farther away; and I get the impression that, in general, "space" is used more often nowadays than "outer space". I really enjoy researching stuff for CP - I learn so many new things! --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 14:50, 13 March 2009 (EDT) |
| | + | Slight point - the couple didn't have any ''surviving'' sons. They actually had three sons. Their first son, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, was born on January 1, 1511 and lived for 53 days. Their second (unnamed) son was stillborn in 1513. A second Henry, Duke of Cornwall, was born and died in December 1514.[http://www.nndb.com/people/427/000086169/] |
| | + | :Edited to add: it's interesting to think about what direction England might have taken had one of these sons lived and Henry and Catherine had remained married. The Church of England might never have been established, and instead of being ineligible to reign if a follower of the Catholic faith, the monarch of England might still ''be'' Catholic. --[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 16:07, 16 August 2011 (EDT) |