A ‘Self-Taught Rocket Scientist’ Is Planning to Launch Himself...to Prove the Earth Is Flat

The Western Journal ^ | 25 Nov, 2017 | Andrew Kerr

[Pontiac]

Hughes has invested $20,000 into constructing the rocket, which he hopes will travel at roughly 500 mph

That is a long way from the 17,500 mph he will need to achieve low Earth orbit.

[cableguymn]

This is not his first attempt to exit the gene pool. Last attempt had him on a walker for a few weeks.

[sparklite2]

He said it was from 5G forces. More likely the acceleration thereto.

[blackdog]

Like these guys?
https://youtu.be/_xVeOCnKTMw

[MtnClimber]

%Gs will be the start. The end may be 100s of Gs.

[Figment]

Much like Evel Knieval at the Snake river Canyon joke

[BlueDragon]

Anybody that thinks the earth is flat needs to be in a strait jacket,
Not a rocket.

What's the chances the Flat Earth Society, Flat Earth Research, and the 61 year old rocket boy is trolling everybody?

I figured Shaquille O' Neal was just having some fun, but, uh...maybe he is that stubborn?

[Reno89519]

Me thinks he has issues.

[sparklite2]

The flying Wallendas satiated the gods several times.

[blackdog]

This must be the rocket scientist.
https://youtu.be/Q9g7sBVUFMs

[ZOOKER]

There's a round-earth conspiracy? Actually the world is flat, and they're keeping it quiet?

Was Galileo in on this? Did Columbus know he was destined to fail?

How does this man explain charts and navigation? How do they work if the world's really flat? Are magnetic compass makers in on the secret, or is our understanding of physics and magnetism wrong?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Let’s see. 1800 feet altitude. So I can rent an airplane and a pilot for a couple of hours or spend years and tens of thousands building a home made rocket ship likely to explode upon launch.

Hmmm.... What do do? What to do?

[jonno]

What a maroon...

[jonno]

Sigh...great minds, I guess...

[babygene]

“The Washington Post, USAtoday, and London Telegraph report that his engine is steam-powered. If it really is, I predict he won’t get more than ten feet from his launcher.”

Hydrogen peroxide would be steam powered...

[MtnClimber]

Yes, you could take a commercial jet flight to a nearby city and get photos out of the window from 30,000 ft and it would only cost a few hundred dollars.

But that would be like spending billions on global temperature prediction software that does not match real readings that show no change.

[sparklite2]

Does that have sufficient initial thrust?

[cynwoody]

Scotsman demonstrates earth’s curvature without spending a dime on rocket science:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bco_p4V7-QU

[dfwgator]

Mr Vercotti: No. No. I'm taking him off the jumps, Er, because I've got something lined up for Ron next week that I think is very much more up his street.

Interviewer: Er, what's that?

Mr Vercotti: Er, Ron is going to eat Chichester Cathedral.

[spokeshave]

Felix Baumgartner broke the speed of sound reaching an estimated speed of *833.9 mph (1,342.8 km/h) jumping from the stratosphere, which when certified will make him the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall

Start of the descent from 23 miles high:

And breaking the sound barrier on the way down: