Self-taught rocket scientist plans launch to test flat Earth theory

[bladeXcrasher]

I thought there was an ice wall?

If you look at their map they draw the earth like a 2pi length sine wave revolved around.

[Deleted]

By their map you could use a telescope to see Antarctica. How do they explain the shadowing of the moon?

The moon is an artificial body from some old civilization to control the big chi-lines of the earth and manipulate especially women.

I mean these science-deniers live in their fantasy world, full of conspiracies and madness. No way arguing with them.

[Iphie]

Pretty sure its american thing considering how bad they are at geography.

One thing I'm curious, where does the edge of the world begin and where does it end according to these people. Is it between europe and america or is it between Asia and America? If its between America and Asia then Pearl Harbor and WW2 would have been awful logistic operation. If its between Europe and America, how the hell did europeans "find" america first?

Look at the UN flag, that's how they imagine the flat earth, so the border is at Antartica.

[Mihalik]

The moon is an artificial body from some old civilization to control the big chi-lines of the earth and manipulate especially women.

I mean these science-deniers live in their fantasy world, full of conspiracies and madness. No way arguing with them.

I have 2 words for you... Space...Jews.

Yes. Mother.Fucking.Space.Jews.



Ya dig dawg? Space Jews!

[Hammerfest]

Well the ultimate goal is money, not 'purely for attention'. These are semantics, and I will argue them.

Whatevs.


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Kinda shows how gullible Flat-Earthers are that they are paying for it then.

What flat earthers?

[Hiricine]

I'm wondering if you could ask the flat earth people what evidence they could present that the earth is definitively flat, and if there is some evidence that would disprove their theory. Unfortunately with this experiment, it will turn out like the last bazillion times something like this will happen, and rather than abandon a hypothesis with tons of holes poked in it, it will be adapted. I'm pretty convinced the logic will be that a divine force or government conspiracy is causing the illusion of roundness.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

What flat earthers?

The ones that sponsored his rocket

It is sponsored by a flat Earth research group, and Hughes plans a subsequent trip to try and observe the flatness of the Earth for himself.

[NihilSustinet]

Those flat earth people don't have a lot of money.

How do they explain away the arch of the horizon



Where you can see the curve of the ocean.

Flat earthers are stupid, but what are you are seeing there is an optical illusion from the lens of the camera. you cannot actually detect the curvature of the earth until you are at a very high altitude.

[Hammerfest]

The ones that sponsored his rocket

And who were they?

[mber341]

“I don’t believe in science,” declared the 61-year-old. “I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air. But that’s not science, that’s just a formula.”

A grade A idiot.

That's where I stopped reading. I would like to watch the livestream launch just to see him fail utterly and laugh.

[serendipity11]

People have been doing scientific tests to disprove the "Flat earth theory" for thousands of years. There been literally dozens of people out in space. There is countless empirical evidence to support that the world is a sphere. And absolutely none that supports it being a disc.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

And who were they?

Again:

It is sponsored by a flat Earth research group

That's all the information the article provides.

[serendipity11]

If he doesn't die all he is going to do is prove (once again) that the earth is round (a sphere). There are much more simple scientific experiments to obtain this data however. And this is just putting yourself in danger for the sake of it. But I guess that's what you get from a "daredevil".

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Of course the earth is flat, if you look at it from a 4th dimensional point of view

It still wouldn't be flat. It'd likely appear translucent as the best analogy for how we perceive things in 3 dimensions.

[Enthusiastic Steward]

And who were they?

Again:



That's all the information the article provides.

Infinite Plane Society. Its in a link on this article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.69ec297de3be

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

If he doesn't die all he is going to do is prove (once again) that the earth is round (a sphere). There are much more simple scientific experiments to obtain this data however. And this is just putting yourself in danger for the sake of it. But I guess that's what you get from a "daredevil".

I think his dedication to the Flat Earth Movement is more based on their financial contribution than any actual belief on his part. He was trying to get sponsors for building that rocket before he "converted".

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...earth-is-flat/

Hughes only recently converted to flat-Eartherism, after struggling for months to raise funds for his follow-up flight over the Mojave.

It was originally scheduled for early 2016 in a Kickstarter campaign — “From Garage to Outer Space!” — that mentioned nothing about Illuminati astronauts, and was themed after a NASCAR event.

The Kickstarter raised $310 of its $150,000 goal.

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.

A year later, he called into a flat-Earth community Web show to announce that he had become a recent convert.

“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.”

[Jorlen]

I'm guessing a steam rocket is a balloon but its easier to get funding saying rocket. And btw there are buildings waaaaay taller than the height he is going up.

[Xeranath]

Countdown to the splatterfest

[Surfd]

So dude plans to fly a homemade rocket to 1,800 feet to prove the earth is flat. Wouldn't it be safer and cheaper to buy a ticket to anywhere on a 747 go 3 times as high and look out the window?

Wouldnt work. All flat earthers know that commercial aircraft are built by companies that are regulated by the government, who are in on the coverup conspiracy, and as such, 747's and the like don't actually have windows. They have computer screens that display carefully manipulated images designed to make the earth look curved.

[serendipity11]

Team rocket is blasting off again *blink*

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Wouldnt work. All flat earthers know that commercial aircraft are built by companies that are regulated by the government, who are in on the coverup conspiracy, and as such, 747's and the like don't actually have windows. They have computer screens that display carefully manipulated images designed to make the earth look curved.

Hmm... That's a good cover up for their nonsense. Except when did major airlines become a thing? The 50s? We simply did not have the computer power to create a realistic digital images back then. Computer technology as we know it now wasn't even born until 69 and even then it was incredibly primitive compared to modern examples.

[Ianus]

guy is FLAT in his head..