Flat-earth rocket pilot on February launch: I expect 'more viewers than the Super Bowl'

in #technology7 years ago

From The Philly Voice


What goes up must come down.

When it comes to football, if the Eagles go down on Saturday, they won’t rise up for an opportunity to win Super Bowl LII early next month.

But that’s neither here nor there to “Mad” Mike Hughes, who believes his event scheduled for the day before the Super Bowl will draw more international attention than big game itself.

If his name rings a bell, it’s because you heard about the daredevil/limousine driver’s plans to ride a rocket into space back in November to highlight flat-earth awareness.

That whole endeavor never took off on account of red tape at the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. That’s no longer the case, Hughes told PhillyVoice on Friday afternoon.

Now that he’s found some private land in the “ghost town” of Amboy, California – complete with a brand-spanking-new road that’ll enable him to get his motor home and rocket gear to the site – the risky endeavor is a go.

“It’ll be a vertical launch, me strapped into the rocket with 6,000 pounds of thrust, going up about three-eighths of a mile,” he said, noting it’s a prologue to a major launch this Fourth of July weekend. “It’s the ultimate Wile E. Coyote move.”

Read more: http://www.phillyvoice.com/flat-earth-rocket-pilot-on-february-launch-i-expect-more-viewers-than-the-super-bowl/

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I don't think this guy actually believes in a flat earth. I think he is a daredevil that wants to be famous and has latched on to a community of idiots that will fund him.

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Mad Mike is the real deal. And cheers to Brian Hickey of the Philly Voice for doing some ACTUAL reporting on a developing story.

This will end well. LOL

So if he pulls this off, goes up, sees the horizon rounding off (thus confirming a round Earth), and returns, do you think he'll change his mind?

Chances are strong that he'll double down on flat earth and come up with some bunk "science" to reaffirm his beliefs.... though this assumes he actually believes this and isn't just pulling a giant marketing stunt for his own adrenaline rush.

He won't. He's only going up to 1800 feet. A billion people live at or above that height. You can go eat dinner at a restaurant overlooking the ocean at that height. It's a stunt, not a scientific investigation, and you can't see a curved horizon at any lower than (some say) 40,000 feet, but 60-100,000 feet is really when you can begin to see the curve.

So, if he does anything, he might report back that it's flat and all the flat earthers will worship him and he confirmed their bias.

Here... Hold my beer... :D

Nice to hear from you @quitebear. I hope we get see you guys sometime soon.

He might as well do a Flat Earth ICO .. he'd raise millions .. if only he knew ... haha :D

This is a good idea... I should go ahead and do this.

If he doesn't end up severely injuring himself I will be surprised.

He's a marketing genius, though. He really knows how to get money from his community of idiots.

Genetic cleansing?

I'm actually looking forward to this, lol.

I know that Kyrie Irving has been talking about that flat-earth theory and I made some research about it.

I really don't know what to think about, so I'm anxious to see what happens.

Looks like there is anough “idiots” to believe the earth is flat and because of that to be invested in him.

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