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Offline Ptarmigan

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'I don’t believe in science.' Man who thinks Earth is flat plans to launch self on a rocket
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2017/11/22/self-taught-rocket-scientist-plans-launch-over-california-ghost-town/888059001/

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The countdown to launch creeps closer and there’s still plenty for self-taught rocket scientist “Mad” Mike Hughes to do: Last-second modifications to his vessel. Pick up his flight suit. Leave enough food for his four cats — just in case anything happens.

Hughes is a 61-year-old limo driver who’s spent the last few years building a steam-powered rocket out of salvage parts in his garage. His project has cost him $20,000, which includes Rust-Oleum paint to fancy it up and a motor home he bought on Craigslist that he converted into a ramp.

His first test of the rocket will also be the launch date — Saturday , when he straps into his homemade contraption and attempts to hurtle over the ghost town of Amboy, California. He will travel about a mile at a speed of roughly 500 mph.

I see more Flat Earthers, especially at YouTube.  :mental:

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What does he plan on accomplishing?
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What does he plan on accomplishing?

Fake some video for his "proof".

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Fake some video for his "proof".

For someone who doesn't believe in science he sure is putting a lot of faith in it.
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What's his DU screen name?

Offline BattleHymn

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What's his DU screen name?

That's a good question.  I'm going with "legion". 

Skinner had the sagacious idea to herd them all off into one of the corners of the island where they go virtually unnoticed, and then labeled it the "Creative Speculation" forum, or some such similarly stupid name.  I think the name of the forum has kind of put a damper on some of the idiocy, unfortunately. 


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Creative can refer to someone whose ideas are imaginative or to someone whose thoughts are retarded. I'm sure everyone here can figure out which is which.
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