Man seeks to prove the Earth is flat by launching himself in a homemade rocket

[Sydle]

Wish he would have made the rocket a bit larger. I'm sure a few more Flat Earthers would have joined him on what is sure to be a ground breaking event. ; )

 

[LakeEarth]

Wait, 1800 feet is like the height of the CN tower. He could just spend a portion of that money and do that thing where they let you at the top and outside (well secured, of course).

 

[Lmo2017]

I love that it's a steam rocket, it just feels right. He needs a top hat and monocle.

 

[Dyle]

1,800 feet? Does this dude know that commercial planes flay at 30,000 feet? Or get in a hot air balloon, or anything. I guess that's why he's called Mad Mike

 

[Mona]

Wouldn't it be easier to just travel to the edge?

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good point

1,800 feet? Does this dude know that commercial planes flay at 30,000 feet? Or get in a hot air balloon, or anything. I guess that's why he's called Mad Mike

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also a good point lmao

 

[Zellia]

I'd rather he didn't carry out what essentially amounts to an elaborate yet pointless suicide plan, but, hey, it's his life to waste.

 

[Firmus_Anguis]

Sums up everything about this:

 

[johancruijff]

Is fundraising closed? I want to chip in

 

[FUME5]

No matter the outcome, conspiracy nuts will spin this to fit their worldview.

 

[Lucky Forward]

1,800 feet? He's aiming his sights too low.

 

[Alcoremortis]

He could just get his pilot's license and fly around in a cropduster if he's worried about images on the windows of the plane.

 

[lastplayed]

Doesn't the Earth mostly look "flat" anyway as it is a ball and difficult to view from all sides as a human?
Because I doubt he gets high enough to see it is actually a ball.

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Yeah, which is why we used our eyes and brains to work out it was a sphere thousands of years ago. Some people have a lot of catching up to do it seems.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Rest in pieces.

 

[AtomLung]

Lol, crazy fucking bastard. Someone should probably call the authorities though.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Please live stream it...

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

This is what happened the last time he launched a rocket, for what it's worth.

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So debris from the rocket compromised his drag chute and nearly killed him.........

 

[NoName999]

1,800 feet? Does this dude know that commercial planes flay at 30,000 feet? Or get in a hot air balloon, or anything. I guess that's why he's called Mad Mike

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That's what the gay-frog lizardmen tells you! Wake up, sheeple!!!!

 

[Hollywood Duo]

RIP crazy dude

 

[Slappy White]

It would be a lot cheaper and you'd get like a thousand feet higher going to Dubai and going to the top of the Burj Kahlifa. Plus the added bonus of not a guaranteed death.

 

[Kafarabo]

He doesn't need to do this. We all already know the earth is flat.

 

[okayfrog]

I feel like the OP's kinda twisting the story here a bit. Yeah, the dude's a Flat Earther, and yeah, he was sponsored by a Flat Earth website, but that isn't the drive to do what he's doing. From the article in the OP:

"If you're not scared to death, you're an idiot," Hughes said . "It's scary as hell, but none of us are getting out of this world alive. I like to do extraordinary things that no one else can do, and no one in the history of mankind has designed, built and launched himself in his own rocket.

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This will actually be the second time he's constructed and launched a rocket. He jumped on a private property in Winkelman, Arizona, on Jan. 30, 2014 , and traveled 1,374 feet. He collapsed after that landing — the G-forces taking a toll — and needed three days to recover.

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He's done this shit before. It's what he loves to do and it isn't as dangerous as those in this thread are making it out to be (that's not to say it isn't very dangerous and could get him killed, of course). He even knows that this trip won't be enough to prove the earth is flat:

Down the road, he's intending to build a rocket that takes him to space, so he can snap a picture and see with his own eyes.

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[Z-Beat]

"If he dies, it just proves that the round earthers sought to suppress the truth."

I know this is coming, like the people who revise their doomsday date when they're wrong

 

[LookAtMeGo]

The hero we dont deserve

 

[Grazzt]

When I read the title I knew this was from America. I was not wrong.

 

[All Possible Ways]

That's very stupid, everyone knows the round-earth conspirators will shoot down any rocket that rises high enough.

 

[uncredited male mk2]

He is like Evel Knievel except no one cares.

 

[Einchy]

Goodbye, Rocketman.

 

[Deleted member 11157]

Good luck proving the doubters wrong!

 

[Deleted member 3542]

If he lives he'll know the truth and if he dies nothing of value was lost so...yeah...

 

[Jencks]

Absolutely amazing. The pinnacle of the human race

 

[Jarmel]

Possible Darwin Award winner?

 

[shnurgleton]

Shine on you crazy diamond

 

[jjreamPop]

Spoiler

And it's going to end just as well.

 

[One Eyed Willy]

Close enough.

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haha legit laughed!

 

[Nitemare_zero]

I remember doing a mission like this in Fallout : New Vegas. It didn't end well.

 

[BADMAN]

This seems illegal. Like what kind of permits do you need to launch your homemade rocket into space?

 

[theBmZ]

 

[Luminaire]

I hope he streams it. Time to dismantle BIG GLOBE live!

 

[Doc Laserstein]

Man seeks to prove humans are flat by falling from the sky in a homemade rocket.

 

[TheMikado]

Eulogy:

If nothing else he was a man of commitment.

 

[BombStrike]

At the end of his stunt the only flat thing will be his body

 

[AbbaZabba]

Considering how Flat Earth theory works ; surely Flat Earthers need to anticipate that the Earth whilst flat might appear round when observed?

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Nah, I think if it were a globe you'd see, well, the Earth, but if it were a disc it should look like the map with the North Pole in the center (according to them), and flat. So the land masses would be all different.

 

[Grym]

Is his intended height a typo? 1800 feet?Aren't there taller buildings?

 

[Son Lamar]

Guess you can say he's a


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Rocket Man
Also tho lol bruh that damn Billy Bob Thornton movie came true

 

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[Hat22]

I hope he ends up dead. We need less people like him on this Earth.

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He's stupid but his belief that the earth is flat is hardly harmful.

 

[LunaSerena]

And once again, evidence to prove Darwin's theory was right.

 

[Deleted member 225]

You guys are gonna feel really stupid when he proves the earth is flat. Really stupid.

 

[FFNB]

Could he have bought an expensive drone to go up that high and pilot it remotely, capturing footage instead?

I actually don't know much about commercial drones to be honest. I swear I saw this awesome video on YouTube when I was looking for 4K streams to break in my new TV and some guy posted some gorgeous footage of a drone he piloted over Hawaii. That looked to be pretty high up.

 

[5taquitos]

He's stupid but his belief that the earth is flat is hardly harmful.

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Not advocating death like some others but stupidity, especially willful ignorance like this, can be extremely harmful to society.