A flat-Earther's plan to launch himself in a homemade rocket just hit a speed bump

Washington Post ^ | 11/24/17 | Amy B Wang and Avi Selk

[sparklite2]

At his age, I imagine he’s already dipped into the gene pool. If the story I read was accurate that his ‘ship’ is steam powered, I don’t see him getting more than ten feet from the launch pad.

[Shady]

https://youtu.be/v7XXVLKWd3Q

[Flaming Conservative]

A shame no one was able to convince this dum dum of the fact that 1800 feet is too low to observe the earth’s curvature, let alone prove the earth is flat. On the upside, his subscription to “Modern Luddites” was just automatically renewed for life.

[DanielRedfoot]

I’m totally on board with this, tell me when and where, I got lawn chairs and a cooler full of beer.

[sparklite2]

Paraphrasing Rack Jite-—

“I can understand flat-earther’s benighted, ignorant disregard for physics, it’s their pride in it that passes me by.”

[Fiddlstix]

gen·o·cide
/ˈjenəˌsīd/

noun: The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

GEEEZZ You Mean He's Trying To Kill A Whole Nation With His Ill Conceived Contraption??

You Have Inside info I take it!

[Fungi]

That might also be called “sanity” —if he had any.

[BlueLancer]

Push the button, Max ...

[BlueLancer]

Surrender, Dorothy!

[GregoTX]

A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket — in an effort to prove that Earth is flat

Why not simply charter an airplane or buy any airline ticket going anywhere.

[sparklite2]

I figured he associated the Darwin fish with abortion or something...

[Charles Martel]

A Blake Edwards classic. Push the button, Max!

[DUMBGRUNT]

The Priest of the Balloon

His training for the stunt included jungle survival and mountain climbing courses,
but apparently did not include instruction on use of his GPS - in a telephone call he made during the flight, he stated that if someone could just explain how to use his GPS he could relay his position to rescuers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelir_Ant%C3%B4nio_de_Carli

[nickcarraway]

No, I was talking of your use of the ichthys symbol. It was used by Christians when the Roman Empire was trying to exterminate them.

[faithhopecharity]

The Trump administration is against the acquisition of scientific knowledge?! Even the Roman Catholic Church now supports astronomical observations and discoveries

[Simon Green]

Or he cannot simply launch a camera on a balloon?

Since he's willing to settle for an altitude of only 1,800 feet, that's well within Estes model rocket territory. Just put a camera in the nose cone.

[Bryan24]

The last remaining man on earth who has not seen a sphere.

[Fiddlstix]

I Know What It Is! It Has Been Posted Here At FR Many, Many Times Over The Years! Going Back To 2001-2002! It IS Intended As An Insult To Darwin And Darwinism. Where Have You Been?

IF you had clicked the pic you would hear the audio and know it is an insult to Darwin!

NOTE: It Is Not Good To Drink And Post. Maybe You Should Put The Drink Down.

[ClearBlueSky]

I can write a short version of the event right now: BOOM. Shrieks. Fire. Splat. Debris and DNA everywhere. Sirens. Cleanup. Helluva show.

[UCANSEE2]

I hate to be dense but how does that prove the Earth is flat, if he was only going to 1800 ft? I climb hills higher than 1800 ft.

Yes, but his goal it to prove the Earth is flat. If he goes higher than 1800 ft., he will fail , so why go further than 1800 ft. ?