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A flat-Earther's plan to launch himself in a homemade rocket just hit a speed bump
Washington Post ^ | 11/24/17 | Amy B Wang and Avi Selk

Posted on 11/24/2017 6:38:33 PM PST by Simon Green

A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket — in an effort to prove that Earth is flat — said he is postponing the experiment after he couldn't get permission from a federal agency to conduct it on public land.

Instead, Mike Hughes said the launch will take place sometime next week on private property, albeit still in Amboy, Calif., an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert along historic Route 66.

“It's still happening. We're just moving it three miles down the road,” Hughes told The Washington Post on Friday. “This is what happens anytime you have to deal with any kind of government agency.”

Hughes claimed the Bureau of Land Management said he couldn't launch his rocket as planned Saturday in Amboy. He claimed the federal agency had given him verbal permission more than a year ago, pending approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: australia; battlestarmoronica; california; flatearth; flatearther; flatearthliars; flatearthmorons; madmikehughes; mentalillness; mikehughes
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To: Simon Green

At his age, I imagine he’s already dipped into the gene pool. If the story I read was accurate that his ‘ship’ is steam powered, I don’t see him getting more than ten feet from the launch pad.


21 posted on 11/24/2017 6:54:29 PM PST by sparklite2 (?)
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To: nickcarraway

https://youtu.be/v7XXVLKWd3Q


22 posted on 11/24/2017 6:56:41 PM PST by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: Simon Green

A shame no one was able to convince this dum dum of the fact that 1800 feet is too low to observe the earth’s curvature, let alone prove the earth is flat. On the upside, his subscription to “Modern Luddites” was just automatically renewed for life.


23 posted on 11/24/2017 6:58:06 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: Simon Green

I’m totally on board with this, tell me when and where, I got lawn chairs and a cooler full of beer.


24 posted on 11/24/2017 6:59:14 PM PST by DanielRedfoot (Po Dunk)
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To: nickcarraway

Paraphrasing Rack Jite-—

“I can understand flat-earther’s benighted, ignorant disregard for physics, it’s their pride in it that passes me by.”


25 posted on 11/24/2017 6:59:46 PM PST by sparklite2 (?)
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To: nickcarraway
gen·o·cide
/ˈjenəˌsīd/

noun: The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

GEEEZZ You Mean He's Trying To Kill A Whole Nation With His Ill Conceived Contraption??

You Have Inside info I take it!

26 posted on 11/24/2017 7:00:14 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Simon Green

That might also be called “sanity” —if he had any.


27 posted on 11/24/2017 7:04:27 PM PST by Fungi (A fungus for every life.)
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To: Simon Green

Push the button, Max ...


28 posted on 11/24/2017 7:06:05 PM PST by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: GnuThere

Surrender, Dorothy!


29 posted on 11/24/2017 7:06:40 PM PST by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: Simon Green
A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket — in an effort to prove that Earth is flat

Why not simply charter an airplane or buy any airline ticket going anywhere.

30 posted on 11/24/2017 7:07:10 PM PST by GregoTX
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To: Fiddlstix

I figured he associated the Darwin fish with abortion or something...


31 posted on 11/24/2017 7:09:43 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: Simon Green

A Blake Edwards classic. Push the button, Max!


32 posted on 11/24/2017 7:09:58 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Pelham

The Priest of the Balloon

His training for the stunt included jungle survival and mountain climbing courses,
but apparently did not include instruction on use of his GPS - in a telephone call he made during the flight, he stated that if someone could just explain how to use his GPS he could relay his position to rescuers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelir_Ant%C3%B4nio_de_Carli


33 posted on 11/24/2017 7:10:29 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: Fiddlstix

No, I was talking of your use of the ichthys symbol. It was used by Christians when the Roman Empire was trying to exterminate them.


34 posted on 11/24/2017 7:12:47 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Simon Green

The Trump administration is against the acquisition of scientific knowledge?! Even the Roman Catholic Church now supports astronomical observations and discoveries


35 posted on 11/24/2017 7:20:33 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians aren’t born, they’re excreted.” - Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: marktwain
Or he cannot simply launch a camera on a balloon?

Since he's willing to settle for an altitude of only 1,800 feet, that's well within Estes model rocket territory. Just put a camera in the nose cone.

36 posted on 11/24/2017 7:20:57 PM PST by Simon Green (<i>)
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To: Simon Green

The last remaining man on earth who has not seen a sphere.


37 posted on 11/24/2017 7:21:32 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: nickcarraway
I Know What It Is! It Has Been Posted Here At FR Many, Many Times Over The Years! Going Back To 2001-2002! It IS Intended As An Insult To Darwin And Darwinism. Where Have You Been?

IF you had clicked the pic you would hear the audio and know it is an insult to Darwin!

NOTE: It Is Not Good To Drink And Post. Maybe You Should Put The Drink Down.

38 posted on 11/24/2017 7:22:04 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: DanielRedfoot

I can write a short version of the event right now: BOOM. Shrieks. Fire. Splat. Debris and DNA everywhere. Sirens. Cleanup. Helluva show.


39 posted on 11/24/2017 7:23:46 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: GnuThere
I hate to be dense but how does that prove the Earth is flat, if he was only going to 1800 ft? I climb hills higher than 1800 ft.

Yes, but his goal it to prove the Earth is flat. If he goes higher than 1800 ft., he will fail , so why go further than 1800 ft. ?

40 posted on 11/24/2017 7:26:13 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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