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Flat Earther dies in homemade steam powered rocket

Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:43 am
Posted by vol-boy
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:43 am
Darwin Award of the year?

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This post was edited on 2/23/20 at 6:45 am
Posted by canyon
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:47 am to
Well I’d say it flattened his arse.
Posted by mofungoo
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:49 am to
This was not a SpaceX level effort
Posted by stonedbegonias
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:50 am to
That was hilarious!

Go back to flat earth! This is round earth! Bannable?
Posted by TypoKnig
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:52 am to
Posted by Jackie Chan
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:54 am to
Impressive for being steam powered
Posted by Itismemc
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:54 am to
If the parachte didnt fail on lift off he would have made it........
Posted by ntrcptr
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:54 am to
:well,bye.gif:
Posted by Eugene Dogwood
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:54 am to
quote:

Darwin Award of the year?


Already 2 strong entries from NOLA this week....
Posted by TulaneLSU
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 6:56 am to
Friend,

There is a documentary movie on Amazon Prime about this guy. The title is Rocketman: Mad Mike’s Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Watched it last year. It was interesting and leaves you wondering during the entire film if it will end with his death. He had some major mental health issues and seemed abusive to the people who helped him, but he also had a dream. His drive to find truth, even if it was a demented quest, was honorable.

Yours,
TulaneLSU
This post was edited on 2/23/20 at 7:05 am
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:00 am to
quote:

Impressive for being steam powered


Yes it was.

Crazy how that guy was smart enough to get it to not blow on the launch, but dumb enough to di something that dangerous just for several hundred feet of altitude
Posted by YNWA
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:12 am to
Should have spent more time on that parachute system that malfunctioned during launch.
Posted by LeroyBrown
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:13 am to
looks like he should have spent more time working on the parachute - deployed a little too early.
Posted by Kcrad
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:21 am to
He didn't prove the earth is flat, but he did prove it's pretty damn hard.
Posted by TrueTiger
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:27 am to
I dont think he appreciated the gravity of his situation.
Posted by OleWarSkuleAlum
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:27 am to
What an idiot!
Posted by Mr Breeze
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:31 am to
Wonder if he got high enough to see the earth's curvature ?
Posted by Athos
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:33 am to
Science is an unforgiving bitch. Only a few more to weed out.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
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Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:36 am to
quote:

If the parachte didnt fail on lift off he would have made it.


Fail or sabotage? There were a lot of people who didn’t want him to bring back any evidence.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
103884 posts
Posted on 2/23/20 at 7:37 am to
Still made it farther than a North Korean rocket
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