Wow... also sponsored by the "NANO-LUBE" corporation.
You can't make this up.
I am sensing a future Darwin award recipient...
Science has long been the target of conspiracy theories, some of which have persisted for centuries.*
A man who remains convinced that the*Earth*is*flat*intends to prove it once and for all, and an effort to that end will involve launching himself 1,800 feet through the sky and taking photos of the big blue ball we call home, according to a new report from*Newsweek.
Mike Hughes of California says he’s going to do so in a rocket he built out of scrap metal.
According to*Forbes, the trip is slated for*Saturday*afternoon and will take place in the Mojave Desert.*
"It’ll shut the door on this ball*earth," Hughes recently promised some of his fellow "flat*Earthers" according to*the*Washington Post.
He’s also expressed a desire to expose the round-planet lies that*NASA*and SpaceX peddle as fact.*
This isn’t Hughes’ first flight in a rocket he put together himself.*In 2014, he*made*it about a quarter mile over Arizona before his craft crashed.*
He spent the following two weeks in a walker, but that clearly didn’t dampen his dreams.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-claim...100100392.html
Wow... also sponsored by the "NANO-LUBE" corporation.
You can't make this up.
I would watch this tbh.
Well, RIP in advanced.
Jesus
We all know this will result on his death (if he really ends up doing it, which I doubt). I wonder if there's any law to prevent this.
He will get cooked by the Van Allen radiation belt if he goes too high. There is also the dome theory, with the snow globe Earth basically. The dome is impenetrable according to speculation.
Can't wait to see his remains scattered all over the Mojave
please tell me you believe in this
'Mad' Mike Hughes eyes Monday for new launch date of homemade steam-powered rocket
He was scheduled to blast off last weekend, but he didn't have the proper permits from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
1800 feet? wtf? just take a plan 30,000 feet up and save yourself the time and money dip
not surprised that re Chris is a flat earther
Dude is gonna die, better have his footage stored in a black box of some sort or transfered to somewhere else on the fly.
Still waiting...
Wonder which happens first: 1) Leonard returns or 2) Mike launches
In the meantime, here are some select excerpts that should bolster our confidence in the mission:
“I am sleeping in the rocket launcher every nite.”— 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.”
He built his first manned rocket in 2014, the Associated Press reported, and managed to launch it a quarter-mile over Winkelman, Ariz.
As seen in a YouTube video, the flight ended with footage of Hughes being dragged, moaning, from the remains of the rocket. The injuries he suffered put him in a walker for two weeks, he said.Hughes made other pitches, including a plan to fly over Texas in a “SkyLimo.” But he complained to Ars Technica last year about the difficulty of funding his dreams on a chauffeur’s meager salary.“We were kind of looking for new sponsors for this. And I’m a believer in the flat Earth,” Hughes said. “I researched it for several months.”Hughes had actually flown in a rocket, he noted, whereas astronauts were merely paid actors performing in front of a CGI globe.
“John Glenn and Neil Armstrong are Freemasons,” Hughes agreed. “Once you understand that, you understand the roots of the deception.”He told Ars Technica last year that the second phase of his mission might involve floating in a balloon up to 20,000 feet above the ground, then rocket-packing himself into space.
“It’s scary as ,” Hughes told the AP. “But none of us are getting out of this world alive.”
I want to say, "no ". But I'll give the crazy guy the benefit of the doubt for now.
Rocket Damaged!
Although only superficial ( at this stage ) Mad Mike Hughes is adamant that this won't put a damper on his plans to launch his steam powered rocket in Amboy. The Rocket fell off the trailer while being moved as was then dragged across the road. Reports at this stage don't give us too much insight, but a statement from Mike Hughes is expected on this soon
I would up that rocket too if I was that guy.
That looks like the kind of rocket I would build if someone told me to build something that looked like a rocket (but don't worry about if it works or not).
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