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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThis man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the earth is flat
I have no words for this one ... except another of my WTF's.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/21/this-man-is-about-to-launch-himself-in-his-homemade-rocket-to-prove-the-earth-is-flat/
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484
Assuming the 500-mph, mile-long flight through the Mojave Desert does not kill him, Mike Hughes told the Associated Press, his journey into the atmosflat will mark the first phase of his ambitious flat-Earth space program.
Hughess ultimate goal is a subsequent launch that puts him miles above the Earth, where the 61-year-old limousine driver hopes to photograph proof of the disc we all live on.
Itll shut the door on this ball earth, Hughes said in a fundraising interview with a flat-Earth group for Saturdays flight, which ranged across theories that NASA is controlled by round-Earth Freemasons, and Elon Musk makes fake rockets from blimps.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)We know the world is flat. If it were round, when I drop a ball it would roll all the way around the earth. But it does not, proving that the world is flat. Just like a map.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,012 posts)QED.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Idea, maybe that's what causes earthquakes, cats pushing things around!
Doreen
(11,686 posts)A little truth to that huh?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Unless cats are leading us on about this.
Fullduplexxx
(7,880 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,880 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Modern flat Earth societies >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_flat_Earth_societies
Fullduplexxx
(7,880 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)underpants
(183,052 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)It seems cruel to give people like this coverage because it demonstrates a horrifying mix of stupidity and paranoia that most people would want to conceal from the world. These people are not well.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)atreides1
(16,122 posts)He'll get a posthumous Darwin's Award...and stop being a waste of air and space!!!
Win-win!!!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,012 posts)Death has removed the "winners" from the gene pool.
Gothmog
(145,977 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Kleveland
(1,257 posts)Tru dat
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,159 posts)That will take him up to 35,000 feet in relative comfort (moreso if he buys a business class seat). That's more than 17 times higher than his puny rocket will go. He could also fly in a helium balloon that would get him to over 100,000 feet.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)There is a network of hidden highways that connect all the airports. As you roll on them in the airplane, they project pictures on the windows to make it look like you are flying.
dhill926
(16,391 posts)Angleae
(4,504 posts)FSogol
(45,596 posts)I kid you not!
underpants
(183,052 posts)Don't even get me started on the Freemason controlled hot air balloon industry.
brush
(53,978 posts)blaze
(6,397 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)blaze
(6,397 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)on that bottle rocket. All he's likely to prove is that he can be flattened.
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)It is likely financed by some of the RWNJ's that support tRump.
I know his head is flat!
I is truly mind boggling the power of the human mind to delude itself in the face of facts.
I will venture to say that this delusion will take care of itself, part of Darwinism and thinning out the herd.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)Cheaper and safer to climb on an airplane and take pictures from the window.
1,800 feet?
Fucking amateur.
Kaleva
(36,406 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)Lawrence "Larry" Richard Walters (April 19, 1949 October 6, 1993), nicknamed "Lawnchair Larry" or the "Lawn Chair Pilot", was an American truck driver who took flight on July 2, 1982, in a homemade airship. Dubbed Inspiration I, the "flying machine" consisted of an ordinary patio chair with 45 helium-filled weather balloons attached to it. Walters rose to an altitude of over 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and floated from his point of origin in San Pedro, California, into controlled airspace near Los Angeles International Airport. His flight was widely reported.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters
genxlib
(5,547 posts)Oh wait...
LOL
Scoopster
(423 posts)Girard442
(6,088 posts)[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_(United_States_land_surveying)|
It just shows you just how how the tentacles of the sinister Geosphericist conspiracy have had us in their clutches in so many ways and for centuries!
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)They account for the curvature of the earth and the direction of the shot. You would think that would figure into the thought process, the correlation between flat earthers, conservatives and gun worship is high.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,012 posts)Because this guy has one in the bag.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,603 posts)But, hey, Darwin...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,012 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,603 posts)just like the models I had as a kid.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Iggo
(47,599 posts)Thoughts and Prayers.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)Iggo
(47,599 posts)Since he's basically just strapping himself to a bomb.
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Iggo
(47,599 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,256 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)putting his money where his mouth is. Dumb as a rock though.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)a fizzle of the rocket motor, which would make him look no sillier than he is today, and he will have become one of the leading spokespersons for the concept of flat-earth. This will cause other nutcases to toss money at him if he can only set up a website...
Oh, looked at the picture again, and he's got that nailed down!
d_r
(6,907 posts)I predict he boils himself
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Locrian
(4,522 posts)>>Assuming the 500-mph, mile-long flight through the Mojave Desert does not kill him, Mike Hughes told the Associated Press, his journey into the atmosflat will mark the first phase of his ambitious flat-Earth space program.
Anyone else think that einstein here may be a little short on the scientific method? Not a good thing for building a home-made rocket.
jmowreader
(50,601 posts)Oh yeah...when he lands - assuming he isn't a grease spot on the desert floor after he does - he's announcing his candidacy for California governor.
csziggy
(34,141 posts)My wish for Mr. Hughes - I hope he launches himself into orbit and his last view is that of the SPHERICAL Earth!
GeorgeHayduke
(1,227 posts)Lets fund this idiot through escape velocity and maximum dynamic pressure as he transitions to trans-sonic flight.
Hell, lets give him a couple of engineers to orchestrate a roll program even.
And then we'll wait for re-entry from LEO.
I'd fund that just to watch it through my Schmidt.
jmowreader
(50,601 posts)"Mad Mike," huh? When people tell you what they are, believe them.
red dog 1
(27,935 posts)Kick for exposure!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)sl8
(14,046 posts)He has articles about his latest jump in newspapers worldwide, not to mention the massive online buzz. This all has to do wonders for the pay-per-view sales.
Getting these flat-earthers to sponsor his latest jump was a stroke of genius on his part. How many people had even heard of his previous jumps?
I suspect Mike believes in a flat earth less than NASCAR drivers believe in Marlboro or STP or any other sponsor.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)But serial, if he wanted to impress us roundies, he should exhibit some more of his scientific method.
Maybe using an alternate ignition sequence...