nucklehead Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/this-man-is-about-to-launch-himself-in-his-homemade-rocket-to-prove-the-earth-is-flat/ar-BBFvpkN?li=AAadgLE&ocid=spartanntp Quote 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. Hughes promised the flat-Earth community that he would expose the conspiracy with his steam-powered rocket, which will launch from a heavily modified mobile home — though he acknowledged that he still had much to learn about rocket science. “This whole tech thing,” he said in the June interview. “I’m really behind the eight ball.” That said, Hughes isn’t a totally unproven engineer. He set a Guinness World Record in 2002 for a limousine jump, according to Ars Technica, and has been building rockets for years, albeit with mixed results. “Okay, Waldo. 3 . . . 2 . . . 1!” someone yells in a test fire video from 2012. There’s a brief hiss of boiling water, then . . . nothing. So Hughes walks up to the engine and pokes it with a stick, at which point a thick cloud of steam belches out toward the camera. He built his first manned rocket in 2014, the Associated Press reported, and managed to fly a quarter-mile over Winkelman, Ariz. As seen in a YouTube video, the flight ended with Hughes being dragged, moaning from the remains of the rocket. The injuries he suffered put him in a walker for two weeks, he said. And the 2014 flight was only a quarter of the distance of Saturday’s mile-long attempt. And it was based on round-Earth technology. “We want to do this and basically thumb our noses at all these billionaires trying to do this,” Hughes said, standing in his Apple Valley, Calif., living room, which he had plastered with drawings of his rockets. “They have not put a man in space yet,” Hughes said. “There are 20 different space agencies here in America, and I’m the last person that’s put a man in a rocket and launched it.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 ill be impressed if he makes it to jupiter or do flat earth people believe in anything beyond earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzbottom Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 In other news: crazy man catapults himself to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darinbadershouldamadeit Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 17 minutes ago, Twilight Sparkle said: ill be impressed if he makes it to jupiter or do flat earth people believe in anything beyond earth I'm not sure, let's ask one.. Hey OldNews , we got a question for ya! ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, darinbadershouldamadeit said: I'm not sure, let's ask one.. Hey OldNews :D ..... @oldnews this guy want to know where you stand o: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 "Atmosflat". Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 its funny that he thinks 1,800 feet is "space" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Boldy go. Doo itt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gaudette Celly Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 1800ft is only 1/3 of a mile, so he'd reach that in less than 3 seconds. Balloon rides go higher than that. #fakenews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 6 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: 1800ft is only 1/3 of a mile, so he'd reach that in less than 3 seconds. Balloon rides go higher than that. #fakenews Love how he feels that it would answer it. How does he explain this then? When this is 128,100 feet. If the Earth is flat, explain gravity then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I wish we could put all flat Earthers on a rocket and send them into space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Love how he feels that it would answer it. How does he explain this then? When this is 128,100 feet. isn't it obvious? there's a fake round earth in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Okay natural selection, it's time to do your thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 could have saved thousands of dollars- buy a tank of gas and drive to any of these high points in California: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_points_in_California_by_county Alameda Discovery Peak 3,843+ / 1,171+ PB Alpine Sonora Peak 11,464 / 3,495 PB Amador Thunder Mountain 9,414 / 2,869 PB Butte Butte County High Point 7,124+ / 2,171+ PB Calaveras Corral Ridge 8,174+ / 2,491+ PB Colusa Snow Mountain (East Peak) 7,055 / 2,150 NGS Contra Costa Mount Diablo 3,864 / 1,178 NGS Del Norte Bear Mountain 6,404+ / 1,952+ PB El Dorado Freel Peak 10,886 / 3,318 NGS Fresno North Palisade 14,248 / 4,343 PB Glenn Black Butte 7,455 / 2,272 NGS Humboldt Salmon Mountain 6,962 / 2,122 NGS Imperial Blue Angels Peak 4,552 / 1,387 NGS Inyo Mount Whitney 14,505 / 4,421 NGS Kern Sawmill Mountain 8,822 / 2,689 PB Kings Table Mountain 3,476 / 1,060 PB Lake Snow Mountain East 7,055 / 2,150 NGS Lassen Hat Mountain 8,741 / 2,664 PB Los Angeles Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) 10,068 / 3,069 PB Madera Mount Ritter 13,149 / 4,008 PB Marin Mount Tamalpais 2,574 / 785 PB Mariposa Parsons Peak (Northwest Ridge) 12,046+ / 3,672+ PB Mendocino Anthony Peak 6,960 / 2,121 NGS Merced Laveaga Peak 3,804 / 1,159 NGS Modoc Eagle Peak 9,897 / 3,017 NGS Mono White Mountain Peak 14,252 / 4,344 NGS Monterey Junipero Serra Peak 5,857 / 1,785 NGS Napa Mount Saint Helena (East Peak) 4,203+ / 1,281+ PB Nevada Mount Lola 9,147 / 2,788 NGS Orange Santiago Peak 5,690 / 1,734 PB Placer Mount Baldy (West ridge) 9,044+ / 2,756 + PB Plumas Mount Ingalls 8,376 / 2,553 NGS Riverside San Jacinto Peak 10,834 / 3,302 NGS Sacramento Carpenter Hill 831 / 253 PB San Benito San Benito Mountain 5,267 / 1,605 NGS San Bernardino San Gorgonio Mountain (Old Grayback) 11,503 / 3,506 PB San Diego Hot Springs Mountain 6,536 / 1,992 PB San Francisco Mount Davidson 928+ / 283+ PB San Joaquin Mount Boardman (North Peak) 3,629 / 1,106 PB San Luis Obispo Caliente Mountain 5,109 / 1,557 PB San Mateo Long Ridge 2,603+ / 793+ PB Santa Barbara Big Pine Mountain 6,803+ / 2,074+ PB Santa Clara Copernicus Peak 4,360+ / 1,330+ PB Santa Cruz Mount Bielawski 3,233 / 986 NGS Shasta Lassen Peak 10,462 / 3,189 NGS Sierra Mount Lola (North Ridge) 8,848+ / 2,697+ PB Siskiyou Mount Shasta 14,179 / 4,322 NGS Solano Mount Vaca 2,822 / 860 PB Sonoma Cobb Mountain (Southwest Peak) 4,483+ / 1,367+ PB Stanislaus Mount Stakes 3,810 / 1,161 NGS Sutter South Butte 2,120+ / 647+ PB Tehama Brokeoff Mountain 9,239 / 2,816 PB Trinity Mount Eddy 9,037 / 2,755 NGS Tulare Mount Whitney 14,505 / 4,421 NGS Tuolumne Mount Lyell 13,120 / 3,999 NGS Ventura Mount Pinos 8,874 / 2,697 NGS Yolo Little Blue Peak 3,123+ / 952+ PB Yuba Sugar Pine Peak 4,828+ / 1,472+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 At least this guy thinks outside of the box, we should get him to coach the Canucks special teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 List of buildings taller than 1800 ft.: 1 Burj Khalifa Dubai United Arab Emirates 828 m 2,717 ft 163 2010 2 Shanghai Tower Shanghai China 632 m[10] 2,073 ft 128 2015 3 Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower Mecca Saudi Arabia 601 m[11] 1,971 ft 120 2012 4 Ping An Finance Centre Shenzhen China 599 m 1,965 ft 115 2017 5 Lotte World Tower Seoul South Korea 554.5 m 1,819 ft 123 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, Darius71 said: At least this guy thinks outside of the box, we should get him to coach the Canucks special teams. Not thinking outside the box is what finally seems to actually have the PP working again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Hope this fellow has not reproduced, if evolution is true then devolution is possible as well. Dumb guy has dumber kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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