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Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 03:50 PM Nov 2017

Dumbass won't see the curvature of Earth from his homemade manned rocket.

https://gizmodo.com/uh-this-flat-earthers-homemade-manned-rocket-launch-do-1820627193

"Hughes says he expects his new rocket to hurl him through the skies above the Mojave Desert ghost town of Amboy at up to 500 miles per hour for roughly one mile, attaining a peak altitude of 1,800 feet before it deploys two parachutes. Hughes is a proponent of the Flat Earth theory; the Research Flat Earth group is his main sponsor. Hughes does not “believe in science,” which he told the AP has “no difference” from science fiction."


He would need to get almost 20 times higher to see the curvature of Earth. Dumbass apparently doesn't know he could send up a camera for a fraction of what he is spending and prove it for real. Think about it, planes fly every day much higher than 2000 feet, which is 200 feet higher than what he hopes to achieve. How many times have you heard "at our cruising altitude of 30,000 feet" more than 15 times of what this idiot only dreams of attaining?
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Dumbass won't see the curvature of Earth from his homemade manned rocket. (Original Post) Thor_MN Nov 2017 OP
He doesn't believe in science? Why the hell is he using a rocket? Aristus Nov 2017 #1
He says: Thor_MN Nov 2017 #2
well, hopefully his chutes will entangle one another..Then he can learn about non-science gravity snooper2 Nov 2017 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2017 #3
Welcome to DU. Aristus Nov 2017 #4
Even if it succeeds... Thor_MN Nov 2017 #6
This is now THE stupidest thing I've ever read. defacto7 Nov 2017 #5
No, there were the headlines about the dangerous moron who won the last presidential election, no? Kleveland Nov 2017 #9
Oops.. you're right. defacto7 Nov 2017 #11
Haha the thread title cracked me up awesomerwb1 Nov 2017 #7
He will be carrying a load of Karma with him. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #8
Entropy gonna get all up in his grill Cirque du So-What Nov 2017 #10
How do you launch a rocket w/o science?... lame54 Nov 2017 #12
He probably had an extra seat somewhere defacto7 Nov 2017 #13
I read this yesterday, lol. octoberlib Nov 2017 #14
I met my first flat farther last week, BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #15
Hell, Lawnchair Larry shot up to 7,000 feet with just 45 helium-filled weather balloons Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #16
My dad and I were in the area dealing with my grandma's own brand of crazy... hunter Nov 2017 #20
Could be a Darwin Award in the making. Hard to tell if he believes the flat earth stuff muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #18
dont forget your tin hat! samnsara Nov 2017 #19
 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
2. He says:
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 03:58 PM
Nov 2017
“I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air, about the certain size of rocket nozzles, and thrust,” he added. “But that’s not science, that’s just a formula. There’s no difference between science and science fiction.”


Another dumbass for whom facts do not matter...
 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
17. well, hopefully his chutes will entangle one another..Then he can learn about non-science gravity
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 04:11 PM
Nov 2017

Response to Thor_MN (Original post)

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
6. Even if it succeeds...
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 04:01 PM
Nov 2017

Article says that he apparently doesn't know much about parachutes either.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
5. This is now THE stupidest thing I've ever read.
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 04:01 PM
Nov 2017

I can't even comment because I'm laughing so hard. He should try one of those old airplanes that have 7 sets of wings or that spin and pump up and down before they fall apart.

Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
9. No, there were the headlines about the dangerous moron who won the last presidential election, no?
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 04:04 PM
Nov 2017

Seriously.... that does it for me.

awesomerwb1

(4,256 posts)
7. Haha the thread title cracked me up
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 04:01 PM
Nov 2017

Anyone think he'll say "hold my beer" before stepping into the rocket?

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
15. I met my first flat farther last week,
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 04:10 PM
Nov 2017

I came home and Googled it and every single word that the guy told me we in the article. They really believe this crap and have an answer for everything. The earth is flat, it is surrounded by ice, NASA told all the astronauts to lie. All airplane pilots lie and they use special cameras to distort the flat Earth to make it appear curved on the horizon. Also the sun goes around Earth. OK

hunter

(38,264 posts)
20. My dad and I were in the area dealing with my grandma's own brand of crazy...
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 04:30 PM
Nov 2017

... and we looked up in the sky and saw that. It was too big and not the right scale to be balloons escaped from a balloon seller.

It wasn't until we heard the story later on the radio news that we understood what we'd seen.

Guy sitting in a lawn chair wasn't one of our speculations.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,154 posts)
18. Could be a Darwin Award in the making. Hard to tell if he believes the flat earth stuff
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 04:19 PM
Nov 2017

or has just adopted that because they gave him money. He seems to be addicted to publicity and home-made stunts. The AP link from there says he is going to run for governor of California next.

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