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Rocket launch will prove Earth is flat, California man says
Fox News ^
| November 22, 2017
| By Lukas Mikelionis
Posted on 11/23/2017 4:54:27 PM PST by sparklite2
A California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a home-built rocket to prove that astronauts faked the shape of the Earth.
Mike Hughes, a 61-year-old limo driver, said his stunt will be the first phase of the flat-Earth space program, sponsored by Research Flat Earth, a group that believes Earth is, well, flat.
He claims to have built the steam-powered rocket out of scrap metal parts in his garage. The project cost around $20,000, including the purchase of a motor home off Craigslist that was converted into a ramp.
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TOPICS: Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: australia; battlestarmoronica; california; flatearth; flatearther; flatearthers; flatearthliars; flatearthmorons; lofan; madmikehughes; mentalillness; mikehughes
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Steam powered? Take plenty of firewood.
To: sparklite2
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posted on
11/23/2017 4:56:16 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: sparklite2
This ain’t going to end well!
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posted on
11/23/2017 4:57:39 PM PST
by
W.
(.44 Magnum. No further questions needed.)
To: W.
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:00:49 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: W.
I hope he bought a lot of life insurance. He’s an IDIOT, first class
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:01:20 PM PST
by
DaveA37
To: W.
Shouldn’t acme be painted on the side of the rocket?
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:01:37 PM PST
by
slapshot
( Speaker Ryan is a sober and less tan version of John Boehner)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:02:25 PM PST
by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: sparklite2
“It’s OK, I’m a limo driver!”
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:03:49 PM PST
by
varyouga
To: sparklite2
Flat Earth Believers From Around the World Will Tune in for the Launch.
To: sparklite2
“...on Saturday...” And if he goes “splat,” the earth is flat? Or how does that work?
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:05:17 PM PST
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: sparklite2
Sound more like it is fueled by alcohol.
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:05:20 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: sparklite2
Why am I reminded of the Jethro character on the Beverly Hillbillies?
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:07:15 PM PST
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: Kirkwood
Alcohol would be better than steam.
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:07:28 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: sparklite2
This will totally work!
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:08:03 PM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
To: sparklite2
Just 1,800 feet in the air? Jetliners fly 20 times higher. Tell him to buy a plane ticket; it’s cheaper, and you can get a sense of the curvature of the earth even at that altitude.
Faux News knows better than to get Thanksgiving mixed up with April Fool’s. (Or maybe not?)
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:10:47 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: DaveA37
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:10:57 PM PST
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: Sirius Lee
“I don’t believe in science,” Hughes said. “I know about
aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move
through the air, about the certain size of rocket nozzles,
and thrust. But that’s not science, that’s just a formula.
There’s no difference between science and science fiction.”
The daredevil’s aim is to get miles above Earth and snap
a photo, proving that astronauts conspired to fabricate
the shape of the planet.
And just how many miles does he think 1800 feet is?
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:18:11 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: Blue House Sue
Will I need my eclipse glasses?
(I see what you did there)
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:20:58 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
To: sparklite2
He clearly has a formula for that!
And I agree its not science.
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:21:50 PM PST
by
Reily
To: sparklite2
I remember Evil Knevel tried this
On a “Jet Bike” over the
Snake River...
Did Not end well.
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posted on
11/23/2017 5:22:30 PM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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