Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
March 26th 18, 06:44 AM
I'm impressed! Guess I'll have to accept that the Eathr is flat...
On 25 Mar 2018 16:37:51 -0700, Miloch >
wrote:
>more at
>https://gizmodo.com/at-long-last-flat-earth-rocketeer-finally-manages-to-b-1824059035
>
>Self-declared Flat Earth researcher and DIY steam rocket enthusiast “Mad” Mike
>Hughes has finally managed to prove the haters wrong about his ability to blast
>himself some 1,875 feet into the sky without being crushed or scalded to death,
>the Associated Press reported on Sunday.
>
>After the failure of two previous attempts to launch his steam-powered rocket
>with “RESEARCH FLAT EARTH” emblazoned on the side—first due to meddling
>government bureaucrats and then due to unspecified technical problems—Hughes
>finally managed to take off on Saturday from the Mojave Desert ghost town of
>Amboy, California. Video of the launch posted by AP freelancer Matt Hartman
>captured the moment the rocket took off, which seemed to take onlookers by
>surprise, including a nearby group of boys who appeared to be idly throwing
>rocks into a bigger pile of rocks.
>
>After the Bureau of Land Management nixed his first attempt for a flight path
>that would have taken him over public land, Hughes modified his rocket to use an
>improvised vertical launch platform. Per the AP, helper Waldo Stakes said that
>they were only able to get the steam rocket to 340 psi instead of the planned
>350 psi, but went ahead with the launch anyway because Hughes wanted to avoid
>yet another failed attempt and dispel rumors he wasn’t actually on board a
>previous rocket he managed to launch in 2014. Stakes estimated the speed at 350
>mph.
>
>Hughes told the AP that outside of an aching back, he was fine and felt
>“relieved” the rocket launch was over.
>
>“I’m tired of people saying I chickened out and didn’t build a rocket,” he
>added. “I’m tired of that stuff. I manned up and did it ... This thing wants to
>kill you 10 different ways. This thing will kill you in a heartbeat.”
>
>“Am I glad I did it?” Hughes concluded. “Yeah. I guess. I’ll feel it in the
>morning. I won’t be able to get out of bed. At least I can go home and have
>dinner and see my cats tonight.”
>
>Whatever calculations Hughes, who does not “believe in science,” performed are
>not a matter of public record. But the 350 mph estimate, accurate or not, is
>definitely fast enough to secure bragging rights.
>
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>*
On 25 Mar 2018 16:37:51 -0700, Miloch >
wrote:
>more at
>https://gizmodo.com/at-long-last-flat-earth-rocketeer-finally-manages-to-b-1824059035
>
>Self-declared Flat Earth researcher and DIY steam rocket enthusiast “Mad” Mike
>Hughes has finally managed to prove the haters wrong about his ability to blast
>himself some 1,875 feet into the sky without being crushed or scalded to death,
>the Associated Press reported on Sunday.
>
>After the failure of two previous attempts to launch his steam-powered rocket
>with “RESEARCH FLAT EARTH” emblazoned on the side—first due to meddling
>government bureaucrats and then due to unspecified technical problems—Hughes
>finally managed to take off on Saturday from the Mojave Desert ghost town of
>Amboy, California. Video of the launch posted by AP freelancer Matt Hartman
>captured the moment the rocket took off, which seemed to take onlookers by
>surprise, including a nearby group of boys who appeared to be idly throwing
>rocks into a bigger pile of rocks.
>
>After the Bureau of Land Management nixed his first attempt for a flight path
>that would have taken him over public land, Hughes modified his rocket to use an
>improvised vertical launch platform. Per the AP, helper Waldo Stakes said that
>they were only able to get the steam rocket to 340 psi instead of the planned
>350 psi, but went ahead with the launch anyway because Hughes wanted to avoid
>yet another failed attempt and dispel rumors he wasn’t actually on board a
>previous rocket he managed to launch in 2014. Stakes estimated the speed at 350
>mph.
>
>Hughes told the AP that outside of an aching back, he was fine and felt
>“relieved” the rocket launch was over.
>
>“I’m tired of people saying I chickened out and didn’t build a rocket,” he
>added. “I’m tired of that stuff. I manned up and did it ... This thing wants to
>kill you 10 different ways. This thing will kill you in a heartbeat.”
>
>“Am I glad I did it?” Hughes concluded. “Yeah. I guess. I’ll feel it in the
>morning. I won’t be able to get out of bed. At least I can go home and have
>dinner and see my cats tonight.”
>
>Whatever calculations Hughes, who does not “believe in science,” performed are
>not a matter of public record. But the 350 mph estimate, accurate or not, is
>definitely fast enough to secure bragging rights.
>
>
>
>
>
>*