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Friday, November 24, 2017

Man plans to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat

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.

Assuming the 500-mph, mile-long flight through the Mojave Desert does not kill him, Mike Hughes told the Associated Press, his journey into the atmosflat will mark the first phase of his ambitious flat-Earth space program.

Hughes’s ultimate goal is a subsequent launch that puts him miles above the Earth, where the 61-year-old limousine driver hopes to photograph proof of the disc we all live on.

“It’ll shut the door on this ball earth,” Hughes said in a fundraising interview with a flat-Earth group for Saturday’s flight. Theories discussed during the interview included NASA being controlled by round-Earth Freemasons and Elon Musk making fake rockets from blimps.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Darwin will win this one...

Anonymous said...

Why do Roadrunner cartoons come to mind?

Anonymous said...

This is what happens when you find a VHS copy of “The Astronaut Farmer” at a yard sale.
RIP. Condolences (in advance) to his loved ones. 🤣

Anonymous said...

Born here?

Anonymous said...

Enjoy the ride

Anonymous said...

Godspeed Sir. Godspeed!!! Ray!!!

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to just sail a boat off the edge? Jeez!