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“The Great Wall of China is the only human-made structure visible from space.”
0.0033 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745.
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Checked in Galedra: score 0.00, strongly against · not yet reviewed by anyone else “The Great Wall of China is the only human-made structure visible from space.” https://galedra.org/investigations/01a0ea28-ca6b-7bb3-92a3-2faed0222e04
“The Great Wall of China is the only human-made structure visible from space.”
Say instead: NASA calls the claim a space-based myth and says the Great Wall generally is not visible to the unaided eye in low Earth orbit.
Contradicted · 0.0033 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 3 of 4 · provisional until audited.
3 of 4 review checks done · 3 counted
Sources read
- What can you really see from space? · https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna3131136
- Is China's Great Wall Visible from Space? · https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-chinas-great-wall-visible-from-space/
- China’s Wall Less Great in View from Space · https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/PDFs/great_wall_less_great_from_space.pdf
- China's Wall Less Great in View from Space · https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/PDFs/great_wall_less_great_from_space.pdf
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