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Old January 24th 10, 10:51 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Pat Flannery
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Default Vega as ballistic missile?

David Spain wrote:
Pat Flannery writes:

As far as pointless things (otherwise known as exciting tourist destinations)
there's this, off to my northwest:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11486


Well, Balta ND appearently also has a claim. Using MapQuest and zooming
out a bit, I feel they might be right. Next trip out west I'll take
photos using my GPS to find the actual spot....

It would be really trick to find the center because you would have to
measure the distance from the north to south shores and east to west
shores across the whole continent and see where the two meandering
half-point lines crossed. A small bay on one coast moves the center
point at that latitude or longitude half its depth toward the other coast.
Also, where does North America end on its south end? The Panama Canal?

Pat