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This Man Is Launching Himself in a Homemade Rocket to Prove Earth Is Flat What could possibly go wrong? by contentjunkie

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This Man Is Launching Himself in a Homemade Rocket to Prove Earth Is Flat What could possibly go wrong?
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Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet (549 metres) high on Saturday in a rocket he built from scrap metal.

Assuming the 500-mph (805-kmh), mile-long (1.6 km-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 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.
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Read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/man-launch-himself-in-homemade-rocket-to-prove-earth-is-flat

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I don't think this guy is actually stupid enough to believe in a flat earth. I think he saw it as the only gimmick that was bringing in donations. In my opinion this guy is just a daredevil.

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@jakfit · 
Haha Earth is flat... he will be flat.
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@jasonshick · 
Haha can't help but laugh. Seems sometimes the human race doesnt always go forwards without a few steps back
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@kingxerxesdex · (edited)
yup maybe he is stupid.. He don't need a rocket. If you are in a plane on high altitude you can even see in the windiw the horizin and can easily notice that the earth is round and not flat... those who believed that earth is flat like him is in the border line of stupidity and idiot.
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@masteranibal · 
What can go wrong? I mean... He says he still has much to learn about rocket science, so I can name a few things. lol
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@sanmi · 
Let's see whether he lands in space with his homemade rocket or not :)
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