Flat earther to launch himself  on self made rocket  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2019, 05:39:45 pm
content: Read and weep.https://www.space.com/amp/flat-earther-mad-mike-hughes-august-2019-launch.html

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2019, 05:51:04 pm
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on August 10, 2019, 05:39:45 pmI'm sure he gets lots of donations from flat earth nutters to pay for his rocket hobby

author: Domagoj T
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2019, 05:54:31 pm
content: Last time he tried he broke his spine.That aside, he could hop on any plane and get himself about five times higher, no broken backs or bank accounts included.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2019, 06:00:52 pm
content: Quote

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2019, 08:28:38 pm
content: Quote from: Domagoj T on August 10, 2019, 05:54:31 pmIn transatlantic flights it is close to eight times higher.And for the money he is spending, he could travel premier class around the world.But hey! They (flat earthers) know that the view from an airplane window is a deep fake video projection.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2019, 11:32:56 pm
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on August 10, 2019, 08:28:38 pmThey should try skydiving then...That's usually around 4Km.

author: M4trix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2019, 12:59:52 am
content: He is pushing his luck.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2019, 01:02:17 am
content: Quote from: Cyberdragon on August 10, 2019, 11:32:56 pmho could just drive to Denver that's 1600m

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2019, 04:00:18 pm
content: Quote from: M4trix on August 11, 2019, 12:59:52 amHe is probably (maybe inconsciously) trying to end up as a martyr of the flat earth cause.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2019, 04:06:47 pm
content: Where do I sponsor him?(Or is that interfering with natural selection?)

author: Domagoj T
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2019, 04:13:57 pm
content: He's not actually a flat Earther. Last time they were willing to sponsor him and he needed the cash to fund his expensive hobby.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2019, 07:55:33 pm
content: Quote from: Domagoj T on August 11, 2019, 04:13:57 pmOh really? So he's actually just taking advantage of them? I guess money has no smell!

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 12, 2019, 10:35:56 pm
content: It seems mad Mike's launch is posponed until August 17th due to a faulty water heater he bought on CraigslistI wonder where he got his parachutes from.https://www.space.com/craigslist-water-heater-mad-rocket-launch.html

author: taydin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 12, 2019, 10:54:43 pm
content: The flat earthers apparently thought about the "looking out of a commercial airliner window" issue, and they found a solution for it. The earth isn't PERFECTLY FLAT. Rather, it is frisby shapedSo y'all disbelievers, shut up, will ya? When you see the slight curvature when you look out of a commercial airliner, that is expected! Remember, frisby.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 12, 2019, 11:05:20 pm
content: Quote from: taydin on August 12, 2019, 10:54:43 pmThe flat earthers must be the perfect example of Poe's law

author: ArthurDent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 12, 2019, 11:14:38 pm
content: "I'm sure he gets lots of donations from flat earth nutters to pay for his rocket hobby"I hear he's getting donations from every corner of the earth.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2019, 12:05:48 am
content: Isn't it possible to buy a ride on a fighter jet that can go up quite a bit higher than a commercial airliner? Seems like I saw that somewhere, wasn't cheap by any means but it was cheaper and safer than a rocket.You can also send a camera up on a weather balloon. Those are cheap, especially if you fill them with hydrogen instead of helium.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2019, 01:12:47 am
content: Quote from: ArthurDent on August 12, 2019, 11:14:38 pmfrom all around the globe.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2019, 03:54:44 pm
content: Quote from: james_s on August 13, 2019, 12:05:48 amYou're trying to rationalize thoughts that aren't. Key point seems to be that those guys want to use only home-built stuff because they don't trust any of the already-made equipment.But even then, building your own balloon that can go up to an altitude of a few thousands meters is definitely doable and relatively cheaply too.Maybe they don't trust off-the-shelf cameras either.Basic maths alone would tell them their "experiments" make no sense whatever the shape of Earth is. Unless maybe they also believe the Earth is much smaller than we say it is.A frisby.

author: taydin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2019, 07:24:25 pm
content: I'm sure somebody that is sufficiently advanced in physics can deduce that any object with a mass that is greater than a certain limit cannot sustain any shape other than a sphere, and that it will collapse into itself until it finally forms a sphere where all forces balance themselves out.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2019, 08:22:58 pm
content: Quote from: taydin on August 12, 2019, 10:54:43 pmThe flat earthers forget that Pratchett's Discworld is a work of fiction.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2019, 08:26:58 pm
content: Quote from: rrinker on August 13, 2019, 08:22:58 pmSupported by the fact that sea levels are rising, not falling.

author: taydin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2019, 09:02:15 pm
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on August 13, 2019, 03:54:44 pmLet's suppose that guy manages to get as high as 60,000 feet and sees the round world. His whole belief system would fall apart! He wouldn't let that happen, so he would immediately search for an explanation. For example, at 60,000 feet, where the atmosphere is thin, an optical illusion happens where everything appears curved, just like how our eyes can't see clearly underwater

author: ale500
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2020, 07:37:29 pm
content: I think he didn't make it...

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2020, 07:18:32 am
content: Quote from: ale500 on April 06, 2020, 07:37:29 pmYes, he was finally Darwinized. There's a whole thread on it here somewhere.