Self-taught rocket scientist plans to launch himself to 1800 ft

[Did You See Them]

Didn't know we're to put this one !

Self-taught rocket scientist plans to launch over ghost town.

Flat earth !

Steam powered Rockets !!

What's not to like ?

To the Stars !

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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/946401/self-taught-rocket-scientist-mad-mike-hughes-plans-to-launch-over-ghost-town/amp

[Bill Ryan]

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[Bill Ryan]

From http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/946401/self-taught-rocket-scientist-mad-mike-hughes-plans-to-launch-over-ghost-town/amp:



http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/2017/11/Mad-Mike-Hughes-with-his-Research-Flat-Earth-rocket-15-Nov-2017.jpg

In this Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, photograph, daredevil/limousine driver Mad Mike Hughes is shown with with his steam-powered rocket constructed out of salvage parts on a five-acre property that he leases in Apple Valley, Cal. Hughes plans to launch his homemade contraption on Saturday near the ghost town of Amboy, Cal., at a speed of roughly 500 miles-per-hour.


That means that his intended flight was three days ago.

What happened?

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Ah.... it's this coming Saturday, 25 Nov.


http://madmikehughes.com

[enigma3]

The Darwin awards! Classic! Spot on!
He sounds like a reincarnation of Evel Knievel with seriously delusional additives. A run for Gov of California. I'm still laughing.

[jake gittes]

There are much easier ways to catch a roadrunner.

[Bluegreen]

There are much easier ways to catch a roadrunner.
:pound:


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[ExomatrixTV]

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Forum Thread: John B. Wells brilliant take on 'Flat Earthers' (PsyOp) by ExomatrixTV it has 23,311+ Views and 91+ excellent intelligent content based replies: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?95559-John-B.-Wells-brilliant-take-on-Flat-Earthers--PsyOp-

[neutronstar]

Well, that is one way to get rid of one flat earther. lol

[Did You See Them]

Well, that is one way to get rid of one flat earther. lol

Ha ha - Like it !

I must admit I love the idea that there are still people this "Barking" in the world - It's how we make small advances ! ( even if we just learn to "never try that again" ! )
Love my models/toys and all things flying - The idea of a steam powered rocket is one thing but to strap yourself in to it with a flaky parachute as your only means of escaping death ???

Wishing Mad Mike Hughes all the best of luck in the world but I hope this doesn't become his obituary !!

To the Stars Mike !

[BMJ]

There are much easier ways to catch a roadrunner.
:pound:


http://www.animationartgallery.com/images/CJL/CJLAR.jpg

Even as a 5 year old I never understood why instead of spending all that money on chasing the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote did not just spend all that money on a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise, he could have all the chicken he wanted. Oh well that's cartoon economics.

Well since the flight is on the 25/11/17 Mad Mike might want to put the kettle on good luck.

[Ewan]

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Ha, you beat me to it. I saw the thread title and was coming in here to mention that very thing. :)

[Spiral]

There is next to no ramp on that thing, I bet it will barely get over the truck before crashing, hopefully not on it's nose, even if he is a flat earther !

[dynamo]

What profound thing is he going to see from 1800 feet high?
The fringe (lunatic)? (LOL, JK!!!)
He may as well go to the top of the CN Tower or similar LOL!
Must be nice to have so much mooola to squander LOL!

[DeDukshyn]

What profound thing is he going to see from 1800 feet high?
The fringe (lunatic)? (LOL, JK!!!)
He may as well go to the top of the CN Tower or similar LOL!
Must be nice to have so much mooola to squander LOL!

He has to keep it low enough so that he can come back and say that he didn't see a earth as a sphere so therefore the earth is flat and he can say he saw it with his own eyes. :) But yeah, CN tower is ~1500ft at the observation "space" deck ... close enough to see a similar view.

I see he also wants to be governor of California ... sounds about par for the course for your average politician. :)

[dynamo]

...I see he also wants to be governor of California ... sounds about par for the course for your average politician. :)
That right there is funny, sad but true, all at the same time!
Thanks for the laughs, DeDukshyn!
:clapping:

[chris_walker]

This bloke should have paid more attention in history class.

http://www.eaae-astronomy.org/eratosthenes/eratosthenes-99456
Eratosthenes, as chief librarian he read many documents and found out that at the Ancient Egyptian city of Swenet (known in Greek as Syene, and in the modern day as Aswan) that is located near the tropic of Cancer on June there is a well where on certain day of the year the sunlight goes down to the bottom of the well. He knew that in Alexandria there was no day that the great Obelisk did not produce shadow and he measured the shadow angle on the day the Sun was directly above the well in Aswan. He needed to know the distance from the well in Aswan to Alexandria and there several different versions of how he found out its value. The most popular one is that he send a slave to measure it in footsteps. The value that he used in his calculations was 8000 stadia (1 egiptian stadium is about 157.5 m, though the exact size of the stadium is often a theme of discussion).

With this information he measured the circumference of the Earth without leaving Egypt by assuming that Earth was a sphere and that the Sun rays are parallel when they arrive to Earth.

[Noelle]

Rocket man Mike Hughes' launch has hit a snag. RT.com is reporting today that the federal government has blocked his scheduled launch by "withholding permission to use public land."

Citing a Washington Post article, RT quotes Hughes as saying: “It's still happening. We're just moving it three miles down the road. This is what happens anytime you have to deal with any kind of government agency. I don't see [the launch] happening until about Tuesday, honestly. It takes three days to set up… You know, it's not easy because it's not supposed to be easy.”

RT article is here (https://www.rt.com/usa/410926-flat-earth-rocket-launch-delayed/).

[Bill Ryan]

This is what happens anytime you have to deal with any kind of government agency.

Well, when he's Governor of California, he'll be able to take off wherever he likes. :)

(Aside: I do feel a little weird making jokes about all this. There's a fair possibility that he'll kill himself. But I assume there are plenty enough people trying to talk him out of his insanity, and there really is nothing else the rest of us can do apart from look on.)

[Foxie Loxie]

Maybe he should talk to David Adair!! :ROFL:

[The Moss Trooper]

I admire the guy. I admire the fact that he is willing to risk his life in pursuit of his wanting to know the answer to a question, a question he believes has not been answered satisfactorily. I could think of more noble pursuits to die for.

I agree that his endeavour may result in his own demise, he sure has balls, that's for sure.

It's his life, Good luck to him.

[DeDukshyn]

I admire the guy. I admire the fact that he is willing to risk his life in pursuit of his wanting to know the answer to a question, a question he believes has not been answered satisfactorily. I could think of more noble pursuits to die for.

I agree that his endeavour may result in his own demise, he sure has balls, that's for sure.

It's his life, Good luck to him.

Unfortunately, 1800 ft is less than the three tallest buildings in the world. He won't be able to answer any question accurately even if his flight is successful. Less admirable.

However, if he was doing it for fun, just because he wants to, or for a "hold my beer" moment ... now that would be very admirable ... :)

[sunwings]

UPDATE:

He Plans to launch on Tuesday or Wednesday/28-29th), but who knows. It'll take a couple days to set up the ramp, another day and a half to heat up the water, and then there's the weather. Meteorologists are calling for Santa Ana winds this week. No Bueno. Plus, he's been known to halt operations if no media people show up.

But....


He Canceled, BLM won't let him use public lands. So He moved to private property and is setting up there. BLM is cool with that. Talked with the ranger this morning.
He's a daredevil, not an activist.

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[Did You See Them]

Oh the wait .... !!

Go Go Mike - To the Stars !

Currently building a model V2 rocket ( nearly finished !) - Think I might have to start making a working model of Mikes Machine next week in his honour lol ! ( just hope if people see "Flat Earth" written on it they don't get the impression I agree with him ! )

[sunwings]

The Ramp is taking shape....to infinity and beyond!:behindsofa:

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[Ron Mauer Sr]

Well, he could be right.
If he is starting from 1800 feet MSL (mean sea level)
Or did he mean 1800 feet AGL (above ground level)

700 feet AGL was standard pattern altitude for small aircraft setting up for landing.

[Rocky_Shorz]

The Dumbass believed the Earth was flat, rocket blasted off, landed with a splat.

The world cheered he didn't fall off the Edge,
Survived the landing head shaped like a wedge.

At least we know what goes up must come down

Next try an apple bouncing off your crown...


I've flown at 55,000 feet in a plane. Much cheaper to buy a window seat than build a steam powered rocket and safer too...

They applied for solid fuel permit, but the dude didn't qualify for a pellet gun under the insanity law, steam iron powered was approved...

Wait until he remembers he was running those 5000 irons from a generator running on electricity from a wall outlet...

[SKAWF]

i'm of the view that its a publicity stunt.

wheter he will be successful or not, isnt really the point,

he has on the side of his contraption the words 'research flat earth'

the image has gone around the world

and google analytics shows a large spike in interest of the subject!

for him, its already a success.

that we also get to see what happens when a guy launches himself skywards in a man made rocket, is a bonus.

[Harley]

that we also get to see what happens when a guy launches himself skywards in a man made rocket, is a bonus.

Wanna see what happens? :)

He's done it before, on January 30, 2014, and is lucky to be alive!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3feaiPcv6yE


(Note that I didn't copy or duplicate, but simply provided a link to the original)



And here is a longer (Slo-Mo) video taken from an on-board Go-Pro mounted on the tail:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp2q_dKuc-c&t=93s


And yes it really is Steam Powered, with a thrust period of approx. 4 seconds! :)

[Harley]

But he still won't be able to prove the earth is flat until he can
figure out how to penetrate the flat earth dome barrier!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAcp3BFBYw4

:ROFL:

[SKAWF]

But he still won't be able to prove the earth is flat until he can
figure out how to penetrate the flat earth dome barrier!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAcp3BFBYw4

:ROFL:

yeah i saw that vid a while back. my thinking was,

okay if there is a dome.barrier, i can understand it stopping the forward motion of the rocket,
but not the spin.

so i looked into it and found that the rocket is designed to spin in order to keep its vector and trajectory as straight as possible,

and it has built into it, a device that spins a weight in the opposite direction to negate the spin of the rocket.
which is activated at the desired altitude.

i absolutely acknowledge that some flat earthers do themselves no favours with some of the arguments they present,

but on the other hand, there are some arguments which remain uncountered.

who knows anything for sure?

[DeDukshyn]

That's the thing ... flat earther's seem to have this condition where they can't actually research anything for fear of being found out they're wrong. A simple asking of "why did the rocket stop spinning?" and a few subsequent google searches and everything is very logically and soundly explained - flat earther's can't do that for some reason ... And as SKAWF mentioned, the rocket wouldn't even have stopped spinning, it would have deflected off in another direction, while maintaining its spin. I don't need to test that to know it is true, I can run the physics simulation in my head. :noidea:

anyway ... :focus:

I was quite surprised to see how far he made it on his initial run, and am even more surprised he would want to do it again ... or maybe as someone mentioned above, it's all just a gimmick for advertisement ... what was written on his rocket the first time around?

[sunwings]

flat earther's seem to have this condition where they can't actually research anything for fear of being found out they're wrong.

Mad mike Hughes recently stated in a daily mail article...

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.
He planned to strap into his homemade contraption and hurtle over the ghost town of Amboy, which has a population of four, in the Mojave Desert and along historic Route 66.
'I don't believe in science,' said Hughes, whose main sponsor for the rocket is Research Flat Earth.
'It'll shut the door on this ball Earth', he said in a fundraising video, while explaining that Nasa is controlled by round-Earth Freemasons and Elon Musk is making fake rockets.

[Did You See Them]

Still no fresh news on the anticipated "launch" !

Countdown : 10 .. 9 ..


To the Stars Mike !

[daviddjg23]

https://youtu.be/h5i_iDyUTCg

Who knows i know we are all indoctrinated into a certain world all our lives well what if it was all a lie??

What if the planet is much much bigger?

NASA always tells the truth?

Its good to question so i put this rather than go for the easy they would fall of the edge ridicule.

[Bill Ryan]

https://youtu.be/h5i_iDyUTCg

Who knows i know we are all indoctrinated into a certain world all our lives well what if it was all a lie??

What if the planet is much much bigger?

NASA always tells the truth?

Its good to question so i put this rather than go for the easy they would fall of the edge ridicule.

Nothing to do with NASA. The Greeks, who were pretty smart, knew the Earth wasn't flat 2,250 years ago. You can figure it out without ever leaving the Earth's surface.

Its good to question, for sure, but it's also good to come up with good answers. :)

[daviddjg23]

Pythagorus and Aristotle declare its a sphere yet why are people questioning such a proven theory and coming up with resonable repeatable proofs that it is not?

The egyption the Norse the Hindu the Mayan the Inca the Navajo and the Hebrew religion all claiming it was a oval plane in history.

I think direct realism should count not what people say and claim and never a photo or video that are easily faked.

The globe is falling apart thats what i think personally

but Bill i love you im just trying to give the other side of the argument as most people dont look twice at the claim.:silent:

[DeDukshyn]

Pythagorus and Aristotle declare its a sphere yet why are people questioning such a proven theory ...

First, there's no proof the earth isn't a sphere, but there is a lack of well educated people who would even know how to use math in a such a way to be able to know how to make this determination.

I think the real reason people are questioning this has a lot to do with this: https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-dumbing-down-of-america-by-design/5395928

Anyway, :focus: :)

[daviddjg23]

Wheres my tinfoil hat??? :sherlock:

Theres 200 proofs in the link in my first comment actually......:p

Your right people are so dumbed down they actually thought it was a globe and believed NASA i know i did thanks for your help.

[Bill Ryan]

Pythagorus and Aristotle declare its a sphere yet why are people questioning such a proven theory and coming up with resonable repeatable proofs that it is not?

The egyption the Norse the Hindu the Mayan the Inca the Navajo and the Hebrew religion all claiming it was a oval plane in history.

I think direct realism should count not what people say and claim and never a photo or video that are easily faked.

The globe is falling apart thats what i think personally

but Bill i love you im just trying to give the other side of the argument as most people dont look twice at the claim.:silent:

Okay, here's your homework. There are three good threads on this (and there are others, too) — and I can see you've not read any of them yet.

That can be understood and forgiven, because you're a new member, but we expect new members to (a) be smart and (b) learn fast, especially about basics like this.

Always remember that Avalon is a pretty huge library. There's a LOT of stuff here you can really learn from.


Flat Earth Idea - Why so popular? (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?89423-Flat-Earth-Idea-Why-so-popular)
'Flat Earth' Psychological Operations (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?94832-Flat-Earth-Psychological-Operations)
John B. Wells' brilliant take on 'Flat Earthers' (PsyOp) (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?95559-John-B.-Wells-brilliant-take-on-Flat-Earthers--PsyOp-)

You're now posting FlatEarth-ism on two threads at once. That's not very encouraging. Please don't promote stuff like that here without having done your research first. (Copying and pasting Eric Dubay videos is not research. :) )

We love you too, or we'd not have approved your application. But — now that you're here, the opportunity is up to you.

[daviddjg23]

okay will read them

i do like to argue for the other side especially if the idea is provocative.:silent:

[Bill Ryan]

okay will read them

i do like to argue for the other side especially if the idea is provocative.:silent:

Yes. But be selective. :)

There are plenty of things to be provocative about which contain real merit, and which are enormously important in our time. This is not one of those.

[daviddjg23]

Anyway about his rocket he will be lucky to make it off the ramp!! :thumbsdown:

[Harley]

Anyway about his rocket he will be lucky to make it off the ramp!! :thumbsdown:

Sorry David, but wrong again! :)

Once again, here is my post from Page one of this thread:




Wanna see what happens? :)

He's done it before, on January 30, 2014, and is lucky to be alive!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3feaiPcv6yE


(Note that I didn't copy or duplicate, but simply provided a link to the original)



And here is a longer (Slo-Mo) video taken from an on-board Go-Pro mounted on the tail:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp2q_dKuc-c&t=93s


And yes it really is Steam Powered, with a thrust period of approx. 4 seconds! :)

[Did You See Them]

New launch date planned for 3rd February.

This one will be a vertical rather than horizontal launch, which Hughes believes will prevent him from crossing over into public property and thus getting in trouble with the government.

To the stars Mike .. to the stars !

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/01/rebuffed-flat-earth-rocketeer-says-he-will-actually-launch-himself-into-the-sky-at-500-mph-this-time/

[Did You See Them]

Oh dear ..

A live stream from Noize TV captured 11 painstaking minutes of the homemade rocket sitting on the pad on Saturday before... not going anywhere.

Hughes explains the different ways he attempted to get the rocket to launch, which he says failed because he could not get combustion due to an improperly functioning actuator. Or possibly plunger.

To The Stars Mike .. to The Stars


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[Did You See Them]

Lunch now is planned for Tuesday or Wednesday this week.

Here's a good interview with "Mad Mike" - seems quite a nice guy and worth a listen.
To the Stars Mike .. to the Stars !
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[Did You See Them]

He's only gone and done it !!
https://news.sky.com/story/daredevil-mad-mike-hughes-blasts-off-in-homemade-steam-rocket-11303681

[Did You See Them]

To the Stars Mike !!
Congratulations !
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[Hervé]

‘Like Falcon Space launch’: Flat-Earther finally blasts off into California sky (VIDEO) (https://www.rt.com/usa/422262-flat-earther-launches-rocket/)

RT
Published time: 25 Mar, 2018 06:45
Edited time: 25 Mar, 2018 07:09
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© Mad Mike Hughes / Facebook


Flat-Earth theorist and self-taught rocket scientist ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes has catapulted himself half a mile into the air aboard a homemade rocket in Californian desert town.

The 61-year-old limo-driver-turned-rocket-scientist launched his steam-powered rocket and reached an altitude of 1,875 feet (572m) near Amboy, California on Saturday. The event was previously delayed due variously to technical problems and/or lack of permission.


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“This is like the Falcon Space launch,” Hughes’ team member Jim told Noize TV before Hughes was loaded into the steam-powered rocket. “Don’t let him land on you.”

The landing was hard, as it sheared off the nose cone of the rocket and the man’s back was aching after the flight, according to AP.

“I’m tired of people saying I chickened out and didn’t build a rocket. I’m tired of that stuff. I manned up and did it,” Hughes said.

It is the Flat-Earth theorist’s second attempt to launch a rocket. In 2014, he traveled 1,374 feet aboard his first manned vehicle and suffered injuries from the flight.

It is unclear if the second attempt was enough to debunk the round-world concept. To prove that the Earth is actually flat the man is to build a “Rockoon” rocket that uses a gas-filled balloon to get to the upper atmosphere. The vehicle is to take him some 68 miles up. This may not happen for some time yet, as Hughes is going to run for governor of California.


Related:
‘The real rocket man’: Flat-Earther to launch himself into orbit from ghost town (https://www.rt.com/usa/417588-flat-earth-rocket-ghost-town/)

[DeDukshyn]

Full flight here, starts ~26:00 mark.

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Well done, crazy man! ... but the earth's still not flat, lol.

[Did You See Them]

It is with a sad heart I post this update.

https://e3.365dm.com/18/03/1600x900/skynews-mike-hughes-rocket_4264595.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20180325094546

'Mad' Mike Hughes: Daredevil inventor killed after homemade rocket crashes in California

The 64-year-old was attempting to fly 5,000ft into the air in a steam-powered rocket when it crash-landed shortly after take-off.

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https://news.sky.com/story/mad-mike-hughes-daredevil-inventor-killed-after-homemade-rocket-crashes-in-california-11941160

To the Stars Mike .. To the Stars !
R.I.P

[DeDukshyn]

Well ... I can't say I'm terribly surprised. At least he went out with a "bang", doing what he loved.

Who can say they died chasing their dreams? ... very few ...

[Did You See Them]

Yes- not surprised really.
But as you say he did what he wanted to do and went out as he himself probably expected.
I think he chanced his luck on more than one occasion - just a pity to see a life lost on such a futile project. He may as well sat atop a giant soda bottle with half a ton of mentors.
But I admire his albeit misplaced sense of adventure in my eyes.

[Did You See Them]

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I think we all called this one - except Mike himself !

[Bill Ryan]

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I think we all called this one - except Mike himself !I have to say, that's really very sad. I'm not feeling all that great about my rather bad joke... I really didn't think he'd kill himself.

:flower:

[AutumnW]

Kind of a head scratcher in more ways than one.

[AutumnW]

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I think we all called this one - except Mike himself !I have to say, that's really very sad. I'm not feeling all that great about my rather bad joke... I really didn't think he'd kill himself.

:flower:

I thought he would and I am still tempted to say something totally tasteless.

[Mike]

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I think we all called this one - except Mike himself !I have to say, that's really very sad. I'm not feeling all that great about my rather bad joke... I really didn't think he'd kill himself.

:flower:

I thought he would and I am still tempted to say something totally tasteless.



it kinda reminds me of that guy who went as a christian missionary to that small island to convert the Sentinelese and got filled up with arrows.

i imagine they were both greeted in the afterlife by a giant floating facepalm emoji.

[Olam]

If you look at the speed this thing took off, I'm feeling he passed out from the G forces.
May have recovered on the downfall, or if really lucky was still drowsy and so maybe did not have time to realize what was happening?
Whatever the case, seeing how stubborn and determined he was to do this, it's probably how his soul decided it should be .

[Karen (Geophyz)]

“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” — Leonard da Vinci

I have to admire him for having a dream and following it! May he rest in peace.

[Did You See Them]

I had a dream about jumping the Grand Canyon on my Raleigh Chopper pedal bike as a kid in the 70's. After trying to jump this ditch in Calderstones park at the age of 9 I realised my Grand Canyon jump was out !

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Calderstones_Park%2C_Liverpool_%2836%29.JPG


Wheeled my bike home with a bent front fork and lost the billiard ball that was on the gear stick as well.
Pitty - I always fancied the "Knievel" suit I drempt I'd wear for the occasion !

God speed Mike