Posted on 11/21/2017 1:54:10 PM PST by Blue House Sue
Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of the Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a rocket he built from scrap metal.
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.
Hughes’s 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.
“It’ll shut the door on this ball earth,” Hughes said in a fundraising interview with a flat-Earth group for Saturday’s flight. Theories discussed during the interview included NASA being controlled by round-Earth Freemasons and Elon Musk making fake rockets from blimps.
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I’m sure he believes in globull warming too.
1800 feet? Miles high?
I don’t think.so.....
If he travels to far and falls off the end, then what??
Do we have to wait to give him the Darwin Award?
This is their content. The Washington Post is completely and absolutely pathetic.
Just pathetic.
Going to extremes for his fifteen minutes of fame.
Didn’t he say he wanted to join the Mile High Club? Or was that Myles’ Club?
10 out of 10 for dedication, but minus several million for good thinking.
Great idea! Maybe he can be presented with the award before take off...
“If he travels to far and falls off the end, then what??”
He’ll just continue on to Earth2 and meet up with Hillary.
A balloon with a digital camera would be cheaper, and safer.
Let me guess. A public school educated liberal.
There be dragons.
Columbus and King Ferdinand argue over the shape of the earth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiqdb518wZ8
You have to get almost to 50 kilofeet before you even begin to see a hint of earths curvature.
His 15 minutes of fame will likely be 14:45 longer than his flight. And life.
I’ll bet the ranch that he’s a Democrat.
Somebody hold my beer...
500-mph, mile-long flight through the Mojave Desert
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Why not just rent a small plane?
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