Man to Launch Himself in Homemade Rocket to Prove Earth Is Flat

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  • c.d.
    Commissioner
    • Feb 2008
    • 6555

    #1

    Man to Launch Himself in Homemade Rocket to Prove Earth Is Flat



    c.d.
  • c.d.
    Commissioner
    • Feb 2008
    • 6555

    #2
    What can possibly go wrong?

    c.d.

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    • GUT
      Commissioner
      • Jan 2014
      • 7841

      #3
      Guess it’s no worse than the ends some people go to try and support sillier theories about old Jack.
      G U T

      There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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      • Ginger
        Sergeant
        • Jan 2012
        • 780

        #4
        However it ends, it's gonna be cool!
        - Ginger

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        • Pcdunn
          Superintendent
          • Dec 2014
          • 2323

          #5
          It strikes me as a hybrid of Jules Verne and Evel Knivel-- with a dash of steam-punk and a pinch of carny side-show man.

          Any fool believing the Earth is flat probably also believes it rests on the back of a giant turtle.
          Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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          Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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          • Robert
            Commissioner
            • Feb 2008
            • 5163

            #6
            Is this Harry again?

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            • TomTomKent
              Detective
              • Feb 2010
              • 371

              #7
              What's wrong with putting a go-pro on a weather balloon to film the curvature (or supposed lack there off) safely?
              There Will Be Trouble! http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Little-Tro...s=T.+E.+Hodden

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              • Harry D
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                • May 2014
                • 3360

                #8
                Don’t flat-earthists believe that the sun & moon are round? So, it’s just the earth that’s flat? Why?

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                • Pcdunn
                  Superintendent
                  • Dec 2014
                  • 2323

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Harry D View Post
                  Don’t flat-earthists believe that the sun & moon are round? So, it’s just the earth that’s flat? Why?
                  Apparently they do think it's just the Earth that is flat, or rather, "hockey-puck shaped" according to this article at Forbes.

                  Yesterday, the United States witnessed a magnificent astronomical sight, a total solar eclipse. Most Americans took away a sense of profound appreciation for our Solar System, however, there was an underlying group of people set to throw the curtains wide on the lie of a round Earth.


                  They say our disc-shaped Earth has high walls around the sides, and a domed "firmament" above it, in which the sun, moon, and stars are contained.

                  Pretty Middle Ages, really!
                  Last edited by Pcdunn; 11-22-2017, 03:06 PM. Reason: Auto correct correction.
                  Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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                  • Svensson
                    Sergeant
                    • Jun 2012
                    • 590

                    #10
                    Yes, I do read Fox news from time to time. They have a full article on this dude. Some of his best quotes (http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/...-man-says.html)

                    “I don’t believe in science,”

                    “I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air, about the certain size of rocket nozzles, and thrust."

                    Not science obviously. But wait, there is more:

                    "But that’s not science, that’s just a formula"

                    "There’s no difference between science and science fiction.”

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                    • Pcdunn
                      Superintendent
                      • Dec 2014
                      • 2323

                      #11
                      In the names of Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan-- that flat-earther Rocketman is more than a few screws loose! Lol...

                      Thanks for the humor break, Svensson.
                      Last edited by Pcdunn; 11-23-2017, 10:00 AM. Reason: Typo correction
                      Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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                      Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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