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Thread started 02/23/20 4:12am

CherryMoon57

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'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocket


Hopefully he got the answer before he died. Either way, it probably doesn't make any difference to him now...

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'A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert.

"Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his steam-powered rocket shortly after take-off near Barstow on Saturday.

A video on social media shows a rocket being fired into the sky before plummeting to the ground nearby.

Hughes was well-known for his belief that the Earth was flat. He hoped to prove his theory by going to space.'


https://www.bbc.co.uk/new...a-51602655

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Reply #1 posted 02/23/20 5:51am

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Can't believe there's still people who think the Earth is flat. eek

Where do they think is "the edge"?

He would have been better off by just traveling in one direction continuously, until he came right back to his starting point. lol

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Reply #2 posted 02/23/20 6:34am

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sad poor Mr Hughes. i know we laughed about him last fall but it is truly tragic that he died this way. he was a very dedicated man.

[Edited 2/23/20 6:34am]

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Reply #3 posted 02/23/20 6:47am

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XxAxX said:

sad poor Mr Hughes. i know we laughed about him last fall but it is truly tragic that he died this way. he was a very dedicated man.

[Edited 2/23/20 6:34am]

Yes, very sad. I don't buy that theory but I still think it takes some guts to do what he did.

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Reply #4 posted 02/23/20 6:49am

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Homemade rocket ?????

.... wow eek
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Reply #5 posted 02/23/20 6:57am

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CherryMoon57 said:

I don't buy that theory but I still think it takes some guts to do what he did.


Well let's not mistake stupidity or mental illness for guts.

Sounds like the guy truly didn't understand the risk he was taking.

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Reply #6 posted 02/23/20 8:39am

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Pokeno4Money said:



CherryMoon57 said:


I don't buy that theory but I still think it takes some guts to do what he did.




Well let's not mistake stupidity or mental illness for guts.

Sounds like the guy truly didn't understand the risk he was taking.


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Reply #7 posted 02/23/20 10:05am

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That's sad. I'm sorry it ended that way for him. Hard to understand his obsession but he definitely stuck to his convictions.
Time keeps on slipping into the future...


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Reply #8 posted 02/23/20 12:38pm

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Gravity Wins! How many predicted this! I hope his last thought was "oh wow it is a ball!"

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Reply #9 posted 02/23/20 1:31pm

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World record for a limo jump, flat earther; his legacy will not be forgotten.

RIP

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Reply #10 posted 02/23/20 1:52pm

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S2DG said:

World record for a limo jump, flat earther; his legacy will not be forgotten.

RIP

rose

and trump supporter

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Reply #11 posted 02/23/20 2:08pm

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I think this would be a good time to commemorate THE 'flat earth' thread from a few years back.

Shame all the video links and photos have disappeared though - not that we really need them.

https://prince.org/msg/100/418094


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Reply #12 posted 02/23/20 2:33pm

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here is the video of the launch and crash. Note one of the parachutes is seen coming our as it takes off. Then people realize it has gone wrong and he gets a lesson that gravity is real...

CAUTION This video may be disturbing...

https://www.youtube.com/w...CFSY2TMyhM

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Reply #13 posted 02/23/20 3:11pm

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BREAKING NEWS: Idiot dies in homemade rocket!
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Reply #14 posted 02/23/20 3:26pm

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

here is the video of the launch and crash. Note one of the parachutes is seen coming our as it takes off. Then people realize it has gone wrong and he gets a lesson that gravity is real...

CAUTION This video may be disturbing...

https://www.youtube.com/w...CFSY2TMyhM


Meh, not really disturbing IMO. Can't really see anything from such a distance, except a puff of dust.

He didn't get up very high, did he.

Stupid to not have more parachutes.

I feel bad for him, but he made the choice. Nobody to blame but himself.


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Reply #15 posted 02/24/20 3:27am

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EmmaMcG said:

BREAKING NEWS: Idiot dies in homemade rocket!

BREAKING NEWS: EmmaMcG thinks someone is an idiot! lol

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Reply #16 posted 02/24/20 5:58am

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EmmaMcG said:

BREAKING NEWS: Idiot dies in homemade rocket!

Emma, you took the words right out of my mouth. I have no sympathy for this guy. Complete idiot.

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Reply #17 posted 02/24/20 8:30am

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Darwin's theory of natural selection strikes again!

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Reply #18 posted 02/24/20 9:38am

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CherryMoon57 said:



EmmaMcG said:


BREAKING NEWS: Idiot dies in homemade rocket!

BREAKING NEWS: EmmaMcG thinks someone is an idiot! lol



Yup, I certainly do... πŸ˜‰
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Reply #19 posted 02/24/20 2:45pm

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EmmaMcG said:

CherryMoon57 said:

BREAKING NEWS: EmmaMcG thinks someone is an idiot! lol

Yup, I certainly do... πŸ˜‰

Well, this idiot is no more. It has ceased to be... Bereft of life, it rests in peace. This is an ex-idiot. You are now free to focus on another one.

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Reply #20 posted 02/24/20 2:48pm

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CherryMoon57 said:

Well, this idiot is no more. It has ceased to be... Bereft of life, it rests in peace.


Wouldn't it be funny if he thought Heaven was flat, and built a homemade cloudhopper to find out?

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Reply #21 posted 02/24/20 3:27pm

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CherryMoon57 said:



EmmaMcG said:


CherryMoon57 said:


BREAKING NEWS: EmmaMcG thinks someone is an idiot! lol



Yup, I certainly do... πŸ˜‰

Well, this idiot is no more. It has ceased to be... Bereft of life, it rests in peace. This is an ex-idiot. You are now free to focus on another one.



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Reply #22 posted 02/25/20 6:02am

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EmmaMcG said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Well, this idiot is no more. It has ceased to be... Bereft of life, it rests in peace. This is an ex-idiot. You are now free to focus on another one.

I like John Cleese

lol thumbs up!

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Reply #23 posted 02/25/20 5:17pm

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Genesia said:

Darwin's theory of natural selection strikes again!

I was JUST going to post about him being an early Darwin award nominee/winner for 2020

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Reply #24 posted 02/27/20 1:13pm

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What I don't understand is why wouldn't he just get a plane licence and rent a small plane instead of building his own thing? And why would anyone who believe in a flat earth NOT get a boat licence, buy a boat and go see for themselves. Hell, if I had the slightest doubt about an "end of the earth", I'd want to see it for myself.

Except I'm pretty sure deep down they all know they're hallucinating, which is why it's better to kill oneself in a selfmade rocket, or to never buy a boat and go one talking nonsense online, than to face the fact that one can be so totally, ridiculously wrong about something.

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rdhull said:

Genesia said:

Darwin's theory of natural selection strikes again!

I was JUST going to post about him being an early Darwin award nominee/winner for 2020

Clearly, he deserves it nod

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Reply #26 posted 02/27/20 1:25pm

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databank said:

What I don't understand is why wouldn't he just get a plane licence and rent a small plane instead of building his own thing? And why would anyone who believe in a flat earth NOT get a boat licence, buy a boat and go see for themselves. Hell, if I had the slightest doubt about an "end of the earth", I'd want to see it for myself.

Except I'm pretty sure deep down they all know they're hallucinating, which is why it's better to kill oneself in a selfmade rocket, or to never buy a boat and go one talking nonsense online, than to face the fact that one can be so totally, ridiculously wrong about something.


I'm guessing he probably thought it would be quicker to just go straight up into space, instead of spending all that time traveling around the world in a plane or boat.

Mental illness, it's everywhere.

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Reply #27 posted 02/27/20 3:17pm

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Darwin's theory of natural selection strikes again!

...and there it is

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Reply #28 posted 03/01/20 2:32am

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well...

at least the part of the earth he hit was flat...

he didn't have to die without knowin at least in parts

he was right...

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