[Larry Lucido]

1,800 feet high

500-mph, mile-long flight through the Mojave Desert

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Why not just rent a small plane?

[AngelesCrestHighway]

What could possibly go wrong...?

[shibumi]

"Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of the Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a rocket he built from scrap metal."

Much as I hate to harsh the buzz someone should tell him that hot air balloons have already gone over 60,000 feet.

In most cases they did it without the chance of explosion or crashing to the ground riding a pile of scrap metal.

[plain talk]

“Why not just rent a small plane?”

... because anyone stupid enough to believe the Earth is flat is too stupid to have thought of that.

Or maybe he is suspicious the pilot may be in on the conspiracy too.

Excellent idea BTW!