Talk:Farthest South

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[edit] Further than Farthest South?

It is conceivable that "Farthest South" has been surpassed. In fact, it is highly likely that one or more of the nine Apollo space missions to the Moon (8, and 10-17), in a sense, surpassed "Farthest South" when they flew to the Moon while it was declined south of the Equator along its orbit, thus being at such a location that they could have, if they chose, seen over the south pole and beyond. A trip to Alpha Centauri at some future theoretical date would put travellers trillions of miles further "south" of the Earth's equator... nearly 26 trillion! Of course, any voyage into space is just that, "Farthest from Earth", not "Farthest South" or "Farthest North". GBC (talk) 04:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)