🐱 Flat-Earther to blast off in homemade, steam-powered rocket

Flat-Earther to blast off Sunday in homemade, steam-powered rocket

A Flat-Earther is looking to blast off toward space in a homemade, steam-powered rocket, in a launch he’s dedicating to U.S. President Donald Trump.

www.ctvnews.ca

A Flat-Earther is looking to blast off toward space in a homemade, steam-powered rocket, in a launch he’s dedicating to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Self-taught scientist “Mad” Mike Hughes plans to launch himself more than 1,500 metres into the sky on Sunday.

The 62-year-old limo driver and amateur rocketeer has gained attention in the past for his launches. He had several failed attempts before his first successful launch in March of last year.
Hughes successfully launched his rocket off a ramp made from a mobile home and scaffolding, making it 572 metres into the sky on the rocket before deploying his parachute and gliding back to Earth.
Amazingly, he walked away from the launch with only a sore back.

This time his sights are set even higher, tripling the height of the previous launch with an upgraded version of the rocket that he launched last year.
Decked out with emojis and the logo of the mission’s primary funder hud, a “hookup and casual dating” app, Hughes is looking to blast off to new heights.

Hughes says that Sunday’s launch is the first step towards his eventual goal of reaching the Karman line, which is the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.
While there is no universally accepted number for the Karman line, NASA’s standard is 80 km above sea level.
To get to that point, Hughes told The Associated Press in 2017 that he was working to design and build a “rockoon” – a rocket that is carried into the atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon before being launched – theoretically taking Hughes the 109 kilometres he would need to see the curvature of the Earth.
Hughes is an outspoken flat-Earther, telling The Associated Press: "I don't believe in science … There's no difference between science and science fiction."
"Do I believe the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee? I believe it is," he told AP back in 2018. "Do I know for sure? No. That's why I want to go up in space."
Hughes is dedicating the launch to Trump, saying he hopes inspire Americans to make the “country great again.”
The launch is set to be filmed as part of a new Science Channel show titled, “Homemade Astronauts.”

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Rocket science uses calculations based on how the Earth's pull decreases with altitude because the Earth is a sphere. If nutjob's calculations are based on a more constant pull of gravity, because the Earth is flat, then shouldn't he gain higher altitude than expected? Just curious.

LOL calculations.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

Rocket science uses calculations based on how the Earth's pull decreases with altitude because the Earth is a sphere. If nutjob's calculations are based on a more constant pull of gravity, because the Earth is flat, then shouldn't he gain higher altitude than expected? Just curious.

Found the globee!

 

[Clem Fandango]

Found the globee!

The correct term is "globecuck"

 

[kcbbq]

LOL calculations.

If you want calculations, special and general relativity also shows two types of time dilation, and one wouldn't work out on a flat earth, and the effect is measurable, and has been measured.

One slows down time as you get closer to the surface (more gravity = slower time) and the other slows down time as you get further away (moving faster relative to the surface = slower time).

Steampunk astronaut dude needs to make sure he has a good stopwatch and maybe he can further debunk Einstein.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

If you want calculations, special and general relativity also shows two types of time dilation, and one wouldn't work out on a flat earth, and the effect is measurable, and has been measured.

One slows down time as you get closer to the surface (more gravity = slower time) and the other slows down time as you get further away (moving faster relative to the surface = slower time).

Steampunk astronaut dude needs to make sure he has a good stopwatch and maybe he can further debunk Einstein.

Hey why not go big.

But I think proving the Earth is frisbee shaped would wreck a lot of science.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

dilation

Found the roundie/troon crossover

 

[Owl Swallow Kiwi]

LOL calculations.

Yeah, I know I assumed a LOT with this astronut.
How about this assumption: "Steam make me go up. I need more up." ... "Hmmm... no go up no see Earth Frisbee. Need more up" (rinse/repeat)

 

[Cheesegirl78]

Does anyone have Mike's hotmail address? I want to compare my research with his findings.

Spoiler

Ver archivo adjunto 885808

Is that a dildo hanging off of the balloons?

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Yeah, I know I assumed a LOT with this astronut.
How about this assumption: "Steam make me go up. I need more up." ... "Hmmm... no go up no see Earth Frisbee. Need more up" (rinse/repeat)

That sounds about right to me.

So what do we do if he goes up there and takes pictures of the frisbee edge and ice wall, maybe cracks the firmament? I know I'll feel like a real idiot for doubting him.

 

[KingCoelacanth]

why would flat earth imply constant gravity regardless of altitude

 

[kcbbq]

why would flat earth imply constant gravity regardless of altitude

It wouldn't, but the center of gravity would be in a completely different location throwing off the calculation, and you'd also fall towards the center - aka "why do I keep sliding towards the Atlantic Ocean? This is inconvenient."

 

[Kaede Did Nothing Wrong]

It wouldn't, but the center of gravity would be in a completely different location throwing off the calculation, and you'd also fall towards the center - aka "why do I keep sliding towards the Atlantic Ocean? This is inconvenient."

iirc flat earth explains gravity as an effect of the earth-disc accelerating upward. obviously gravity doesn't exist as a force because they can't take a picture of it with a gopro.

edit- don't want to backseat moderate but should this be part of the flat earth society thread? it's a funny topic and i'm sad that thread isn't more active.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

why would flat earth imply constant gravity regardless of altitude

It depends on the specific version of flat earth you're looking at.

Some have the entire force of gravity generated via constant acceleration of the earth-disc. Of course, there are numerous issues with such a theory, but then, they are flat earthers...

 

[kcbbq]

It depends on the specific version of flat earth you're looking at.

Some have the entire force of gravity generated via constant acceleration of the earth-disc. Of course, there are numerous issues with such a theory, but then, they are flat earthers...

Constant acceleration at 9.8 m/s*s for 6000 years would have the Frisbee moving vertically at 10^13 times the speed of light or something absurd like that, for one. God certainly works in mysterious (and needlessly complicated) ways.

Not saying an omnipotent being COULDN'T do it, but why would they?