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This man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat
Washington Post ^
| 11/21/17
| Avi Selk
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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TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: australia; battlestarmoronica; california; flatearth; flatearther; flatearthliars; flatearthmorons; madmikehughes; mentalillness; mikehughes
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To: Responsibility2nd
What happens when you run out of flat? Somewhere there has to be a start point and an end point.
Three dimensions and all, you know.
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posted on
11/21/2017 2:37:39 PM PST
by
alloysteel
(The rhetorical question, "How stupid can you be?" is just considered to be a challenge by some.)
To: NorthMountain
Don’t forget about the Red Tie Trumpers and the Blue Tie Trumpers...
82
posted on
11/21/2017 2:38:04 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Blue House Sue
83
posted on
11/21/2017 2:38:13 PM PST
by
Mat_Helm
To: cyclotic
Lawn Chair Larry got up to about 16000 MSL ...
84
posted on
11/21/2017 2:41:34 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Moonman62
He could just read the Bible, Isiah 40:22
85
posted on
11/21/2017 2:42:28 PM PST
by
shotgun
To: Rastus
She was covered in shaving cream, because the whipped cream kept melting under the klieg lights.
86
posted on
11/21/2017 2:42:31 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: unixfox
He will be launched precisely to the crash site.
87
posted on
11/21/2017 2:42:40 PM PST
by
KingLudd
To: NorthMountain
Without looking it up, I think she was pregnant at the time.
88
posted on
11/21/2017 2:43:59 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: Vendome
Red Tie Trumpers and the Blue Tie Trumpers WTF? I can't forget what I don't know ...
89
posted on
11/21/2017 2:44:04 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: dsrtsage
Yes, I’ve been above 50,000 ft. It is where you start to see the curvature. :)
90
posted on
11/21/2017 2:44:38 PM PST
by
DaveArk
To: Blue House Sue
People will watch him only out of morbid curiosity.
91
posted on
11/21/2017 2:46:17 PM PST
by
tbw2
To: zaxtres
I am totally going to donate!
92
posted on
11/21/2017 2:46:35 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: AppyPappy
Taking a boat around the world would solve this but he would claim the boat turned around at some point.In a sense, he'd be right. It would be turning around the entire time.
93
posted on
11/21/2017 2:47:23 PM PST
by
calenel
(The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Progressive Mafia.)
To: Mat_Helm
Professor Fate!
Let’s see the Great Leslie top that one!
94
posted on
11/21/2017 2:48:37 PM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: RepRivFarm
Most commercial aircraft cruise at altitudes up to 39,000 feet. I don’t think they have their landing gear fully retracted at 1800 feet. He could save himself a lot of trouble by simply buying a ticket for a window seat on any airline flight, and have a better view of the earth.
95
posted on
11/21/2017 2:52:00 PM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: kjam22
96
posted on
11/21/2017 2:52:17 PM PST
by
calenel
(The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Progressive Mafia.)
To: Blue House Sue
Is it legal for me to buy a life insurance policy on this guy?
Looking for a really big ka-ching from the ca-rash. I’d look good in a Ferrari.
97
posted on
11/21/2017 2:52:17 PM PST
by
Made In The USA
(Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
To: Blue House Sue
I am wondering if earth is disc shaped or coffee table shaped and why?
98
posted on
11/21/2017 2:52:21 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: Blue House Sue
99
posted on
11/21/2017 2:54:49 PM PST
by
deport
To: Blue House Sue
Someone this stupid should not fly in a craft they built.
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