Man to launch himself in home-made rocket

[bison]

Actually, there's nothing wrong, in principal, with a steam powered rocket. Robert Heinlein, who had a serious engineering background, used to write about them, in his science fiction. The problem is that one needs a super-hot source of heat to vaporize water very, very quickly. Heinlein thought of using a shielded nuclear reactor as the heat source.  I doubt that this is what Mr. Hughes has in mind, though.  

[Taun]

I can think of a lot cheaper ways to commit suicide...

[Merc14]

I think the key words here are "pay-per-view".  I am guessing he will make 5 times his $20K investment.   

[switchopens]

I think I'll get some pop-corn; I'm morbid like that.

[Susanc241]

Wouldn�t 1,800ft be too low to disabuse him of a flat earth? I understand you need to be about 35,000 feet up to observe the curvature. Happy to be corrected on this.

[Stiff]

7 minutes ago, Susanc241 said:

Wouldn�t 1,800ft be too low to disabuse him of a flat earth? I understand you need to be about 35,000 feet up to observe the curvature. Happy to be corrected on this.

You beat me to it. At that height I'll be surprised if it will change his flat earth belief. Like you though, I'm happy to be corrected. 

[Nnicolette]

Why not just take a plane?

[NuclearImplosion]

24 minutes ago, Nnicolette said:

Why not just take a plane?

Now that is just CRAZY talk!  

[seeder]

Just for size....the thing isnt very big at all

 

 

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Mad-Mike-Hughes-Rocket-Over-Amboy-458823163.html

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2017 by seeder

[seeder]

students simply sent a camera up on a balloon... so yes, there easier ways to see the earths curvature

https://phys.org/news/2017-01-students-breathtaking-curvature-earth-high-altitude.html

 

 

[Rlyeh]

We've got buildings taller than 1,800 feet.

Is he doing this for real research or is this just for ****s and giggles?

[Calibeliever]

"I don't believe in science," he said. "I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air. But that's not science, that's just a formula."
 

It's a good thing science doesn't require belief, I suppose. 

[seeder]

just found a pic from his previous try   belief in science may have helped 

Edited November 22, 2017 by seeder

[seeder]

and NO test flights?   thats why he is called MAD Mike no doubt

[+Noteverythingisaconspiracy]

1 hour ago, Rlyeh said:

We've got buildings taller than 1,800 feet.

Is he doing this for real research or is this just for ****s and giggles?

I think he is doing it for attention. So far it have  worked perfectly. 

[pallidin]

[Jon the frog]

2 hours ago, Nnicolette said:

Why not just take a plane?

Well maybe he's thinking that 1800ft is higher than plane flies, you know he's thinking that the earth is flat...

[WoIverine]

Not sure why he's even bothering, don't you need to go much higher to see the Earth's curve? Dr. Google says 35,000 feet. This guy's only going 1800.

Edit: Just read previous posts, so, ditto.

Edited November 22, 2017 by WoIverine

[_KB_]

a flat-earther lunching himself "in a home-made steam-powered rocket that cost around $20,000 to build"... I can't possibly think of a way this could go wrong...

Edited November 22, 2017 by _KB_

[Rlyeh]

I suppose one could pretend to do flat earth research in order to make money from the gullible flat earthers.

[seeder]

as I said before, you can see the earth curve at open sea...  no height needed

[Parsec]

I think the flat earth joke is starting to get a bit too much out of hand. 

[Parsec]

2 hours ago, seeder said:

just found a pic from his previous try   belief in science may have helped 

I reckon for a flat earther that's a perfectly straight trajectory. 

[A rather obscure Bassoon]

Is it even legal, oh well maybe he will see the Earths curvature before he gets scraped off the desert floor and sent home to his family in black sacks.

[godnodog]

guess who�s about to disver about being flat, this guy when he hits da floor