Daredevil and Flat Earth theorist "Mad" Mike Hughes dies in rocket crash

CBS News ^ | 2/21/20

[Impala64ssa]

Daredevil and Flat Earth theorist Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes died Saturday in a rocket crash. Hughes, 64, wanted to prove the Flat Earth theory by taking photographs of the Earth from a homemade rocket.

Saturday's rocket launch was to be featured on the Science Channel, which was chronicling Hughes' attempts to launch himself high enough in a homemade rocket to take pictures of the curvature — or lack thereof as far as Hughes was concerned — of the Earth. This particular launch was only supposed to take Hughes 5,000 feet in the air, according to Discovery.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mike Hughes' family and friends during this difficult time. It was always his dream to do this launch, and Science Channel was there to chronicle his journey," Science Channel said in a statement.

Although police did not positively identify Hughes, San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Public Information Officer  Cindy Bachman said Saturday in a statement, "A man was pronounced deceased after the rocket crashed in the open desert during a rocket launch event. Medical aid was staged for the launch and was on scene immediately."

Hughes had previously completed a successful launch in March 2018, which sent him 1,800 feet in the air. 

"The Flat Earth thing is like everything else to me," Hughes told CBS News in October 2018. "I just want people to question everything. Question what your congressman is doing, your city council. Question what really happened during the Civil War. What happened during 9/11."

At the time, Hughes stated that he built his homemade rocket mostly through, "trial and error," and admitted, "You don't get a lot of second chances, though, in the rocket business."

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I can see the curvature of the Earth, while looking at the ocean from the top of a 200 ft high hill.

[philman_36]

You have to go something like 20 miles to begin to see earth’s curvature.

Really?

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.02/shirley3.html
This shows that at eye level of 6 ft. the horizon is 3 miles (at sea or on a level plain).

3 miles away to the horizon. Okay. That would mean a roughly 6 foot tall man's head would be even with a roughly 6 foot tall man's feet when standing 3 miles away on a X axis.
Feet-_Head

So when you stand on a beach you should see, according to the mathematics (8 inches per square mile), the curve of the Earth when you pan the horizon.

If you are on the X axis and the Y axis is the horizon there should be a visible curve on the Y axis.

You are seeing more than 3 miles, aren't you?

Pan of horizon from Gillis Beach 10 February 2019
Pan of horizon from Palos Verdes to Santa Monica 7 March 2018 (that's 49 miles, BTW)

Do you see the horizon (the water) curving after 3 miles?

[Kriggerel]

He’s so flat now, he’s the human version of a Texas sail-rabbit...

[philman_36]

Ah, an image based on a faulty premise.

Why does the UN use a flat Earth map in their logo?
Perhaps they know something you don't and they're rubbing it in your face in your ignorance.

Icebreaker Agulhas at the Antarctica Iceshelf

Is your cat going to knock the cup back into the water?

[philman_36]

Yeah, there's nothing like a planned show of stupid drivel to drive truly curious minds away.

Or had that ruse not occurred to you?

[Rebelbase]

How deep was the crater?

[Pelham]

The Illuminati are behind this conspiracy.

[philman_36]

The Illuminati are behind this conspiracy.

What conspiracy is that?

[Pelham]

If you collide a Flat Earther Cabal with Round Earther Cabal you create a wormhole in the Time-Space Continuum. Be warned.

[philman_36]

BTW, see reply 82.

[SunkenCiv]

You should have just stop pussyfooting around and just come right out with the fact that you’re a Flat-Earther.

[trisham]

Oy.

[trisham]

:)

[Telepathic Intruder]

Not really. You can see variations in the surface, hills and valleys and so forth, but not earth curvature from that height. The earth is BIG. 25,000 miles around. Imagine all that weight pressing down on the core as well.

The one thing we tiny humans don't understand is the role we play in the universe. Granted we are freaking huge compared to bacteria or molecules, but that's another thing we refuse to grasp. We are less than specs compared to specs in the grand scheme of things. I happen to be religious, but God doesn't laugh at us because of this. He understands our place in all of this, unlike ourselves.

[dfwgator]

His last words were, “I have information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton.”

[Pelham]

Whichever one you were naming in that post.

[Swordmaker]

Literally hoisted on his own petard. Not often can we truthfully say that about someone.

[philman_36]

You should have just stop pussyfooting around and just come right out with the fact that you’re a Flat-Earther.

I'm well known for being Flat Earth Phil. Where have you been?

What do you think of my reply 82? Do you see the water curving after 3 miles or is it (the water/horizon) flat the whole way?

Or do you not trust your own senses?

You got anything besides disparaging remarks and sly innuendo?

[philman_36]

Whichever one you were naming in that post.

I didn't name one.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Yes, those are usually your last words