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

[NPEC]

Im somewhat conflicted on what to think of this, in a way i admire to guy for doing it ( launching a self made rocket) on the other i find his reasons to do it (not beliving in science and prove the "flat earth") to be not that good.

[ranzino]

Im somewhat conflicted on what to think of this, in a way i admire to guy for doing it ( launching a self made rocket) on the other i find his reasons to do it (not beliving in science and prove the "flat earth") to be not that good.

I can and will easily applaud him for the idea, but still....

[Acidbaron]

Visionary is not the word i would describe this person LOL.

This is comedy gold, the best part is people take this serious.

[Rotted]

That title hurts my head so, so much,

Self taught rocket scientist

And here I am part way through 8 years of education to do be able to call myself a scientist FML.

And the below quotes. Jesus fucking christ.

The self-described daredevil says he switched his focus to rockets after twice breaking his back doing stunt jumps in cars.

“I don’t believe in science,” declared the 61-year-old.

Hughes has stated that once he lands at the weekend, he intends to announce that he is running for the governorship of California.

[Deleted]

That title hurts my head so, so much,

Self taught rocket scientist

And here I am part way through 8 years of education to do be able to call myself a scientist FML.

And the below quotes. Jesus fucking christ.

it's not that hard. steam rocket designs are pretty well known. and since he is a stuntman, i'm guessing his design is a lot like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skycycle_X-2

[Rustedsaint]

If he doesn’t believe in science how can he be a rocket scientist

[Teri]

Instead of a $20000 rocket you can buy a lot of plane tickets that go to like 11000-13000 m Altitude....

[ranzino]

Instead of a $20000 rocket you can buy a lot of plane tickets that go to like 11000-13000 m Altitude....

fake windows !!! conspiracy !! not true !!!

[Rotted]

it's not that hard. steam rocket designs are pretty well known. and since he is a stuntman, i'm guessing his design is a lot like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skycycle_X-2

Just to make it a little more clear,

That doesn't make him a rocket scientist

[thealmightymoo]

I have literally travelled from New Zealand, to the US, to the UK, THEN Singapore and to New Zealand.

guy is an idiot and he will no doubt end up as a hilarious, Will-e Coyote crater in the ground.

[Stormspark]

I found footage of the launch.

[Lollis]

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

How do they explain away the arch of the horizon
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Where you can see the curve of the ocean.

BBC does short videos on the website on strange things that people do. One of them was about the flat earth society and one woman's 'evidence' for the world being flat is that she went to the beach and balanced a meter rule in line with the horizon and she couldn't see the curve. This is the sort of mentality we are talking about, dumb as fuck.

[Danner]

Sounds like someone want to build a privately funded rocket (who doesn't? that's grade-a awesome levels of science),
... and found the perfect target demographics of gullible morons to fund it.

Best of luck to both parties, but I suspect both will end up regretting this.

[Tyresias]

And the Darwin Award for 2018 goes to................

Too early. At the rate the stupidity level is evolving, in the next 13 months someone will top this.

Kill me now please. People are so stupid.

We can't kill people that still have a working brain. The stupid ones already outnumber us, no need to make it easy for them.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

I just love the notion of fundraising to send satellites into space in order to prove that the Earth is flat.

Can't unsee the satellites circling flat Earth!

Remember...these are the same people that said, and I quote, "The Flat Earth Society has members around the globe"

[Thelyron]

Will he shut up about flat earths after he finds out how wrong he is?

Considering that he will die during that whole stunt, yeah, he probably will.

[Afrospinach]

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.

That is the curve of the camera lens you fool, it is flat.

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Slightly disappointed, I wanted to come in here and see people try to argue for flat earth.

[Calfredd]

Slightly disappointed, I wanted to come in here and see people try to argue for flat earth.

The resident flat-earther already got banned so not much of an argument could be had.

[Baelic]

He doesn't believe in science, but he believes in things that were created and refined through scientific discovery... And the very thing he's doing (attempting to prove a theory) is part of the definition of science...

How does this guy manage to breathe?