You are saying the military does not factor in the curvature of the earth when calculating missile attacks? I believe they do and am looking for proof of that. Do you have proof they do not?
None of the worlds current greatest minds in the field of science believe the earth is flat. Not one. You are impressed that a chemist from the 1800's thought the earth was flat, who cares, he also thought that women had no right to vote and black people were less than whites. Why the fuck would his opinion of the shape of the earth be important?