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Old 12-11-2017, 09:21 PM
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It's against the law, and why you would even go there truly begs the question.
Curious why you'd act like you didn't understand his point?
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Old 12-12-2017, 06:41 AM
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Of course I do, but there are much better analogies to make. Curious huh?
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Old 12-12-2017, 07:02 AM
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Ground control hasn't heard from non major Don in a bit, wondering if he crashed landed somewhere?
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Old 12-12-2017, 10:59 AM
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Of course I do, but there are much better analogies to make. Curious huh?

Reductio ad absurdum
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Old 12-18-2017, 07:10 PM
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All you skeptics said they couldn't do it are now eating crow. 1st attempt and they almost made it to orbit and he walked away. Proved the earth is flat. Notice the rocket didn't roll away as should happen if the earth is round.
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c99_1513642272
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Old 12-18-2017, 07:59 PM
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All you skeptics said they couldn't do it are now eating crow. 1st attempt and they almost made it to orbit and he walked away. Proved the earth is flat. Notice the rocket didn't roll away as should happen if the earth is round.
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c99_1513642272
Hahahaha. Looks like his fabricating skills and engineering ability both need work.
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Old 12-30-2017, 04:37 PM
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non major Don where are you, ground control has listed you as missing in action?
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Old 12-30-2017, 05:02 PM
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Default Mad Mike update

https://www.facebook.com/madmikehughes

For those that don't use Facebook :

Launch update / yesterday after a phone conversation with the manager of commercial space travel in Washington I sent an email explaining the proposed launch for super bowl Sunday. The 40 foot ramp for the vertical launch that will be bolted to the existing ramp was built
Hopefully all the bumps in the road are behind me
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Sounds like the Superbowl has some competition
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Old 03-25-2018, 10:08 AM
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Default Self-taught rocket scientist 'Mad' Mike Hughes blasts off into California sky

'I'm tired of people saying I chickened out and didn't build a rocket... I manned up and did it'

He finally went up — just like the self-taught rocket scientist always pledged he would.
He came back down in one piece, too — a little dinged up and his steam-powered vessel a little cracked up.
Still, mission accomplished for a guy more daredevil than engineer, who drew more comparisons to the cartoon character Wile E. Coyote from his critics than he did to iconic stunt man Evel Knievel.
"Mad" Mike Hughes, the rocket man who believes the Earth is flat, propelled himself about 570 metres into the air Saturday before a hard landing in the Mojave Desert. He told The Associated Press that outside of an aching back he's fine after the launch near Amboy, California.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rocket-...rnia-1.4592170

Sometime after 3 p.m. PT, and without a countdown, Hughes' rocket soared into the sky.
Hughes reached a speed that Stakes estimated to be around 350 mph before pulling his parachute. Hughes was dropping too fast, though, and he had to deploy a second one. He landed with a thud and the rocket's nose broke in two places like it was designed to do.
"This thing wants to kill you 10 different ways," said Hughes, who had an altimeter in his cockpit to measure his altitude. "This thing will kill you in a heartbeat.
"Am I glad I did it? 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."
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Old 03-25-2018, 10:14 AM
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Here's the video in all it's stupidity:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...owered-rocket/
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Old 03-26-2018, 09:41 AM
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Here's the video in all it's stupidity:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...owered-rocket/
Kinda cool, very lucky and now he can say he did it lol
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Old 03-26-2018, 11:01 AM
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And I'm sure he'll claim that the earth is flat because he went almost 600m in the air and didn't see a curvature LOL
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Old 02-23-2020, 05:54 PM
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Exclamation the rest of the story

His latest attempt was not successful, RIP "Mad" Mike Hughes.

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'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocket
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51602655
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Old 02-23-2020, 06:02 PM
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Kinda cool, very lucky and now he can say he did it lol
Not very lucky after all. Or perhaps he was because what came was coming for years.
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Old 02-23-2020, 06:12 PM
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Oooook, I guess that means we need to get the Iranians to launch Trudope, that would be way more prestigious than being in the UN, wouldn't it?
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Old 02-23-2020, 06:14 PM
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I thought the moon was made of cheese...?.?.?
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