I wonder if he really believes the earth is flat, or if he's just pretending so the flat earth people will keep funding his rocket hobby.
Well, earth looks like a frisbee disc from 1800 feet up...
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#12I'm more interested in the fact that he converted a motor home into his launch pad. Well ... the steam-punk side of me also wants to see how his steam-powered rocket works. Unfortunately after looking at NoizeTV I don't think I'll be watching his launch.
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#13I wonder if he really believes the earth is flat, or if he's just pretending so the flat earth people will keep funding his rocket hobby.
Maybe 10% of flat earthers are true faithful and not trolls.
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#14I think putting a gopro on a balloon would have been easier.
But the GoPro's firmware is probably hacked to show a globe, because GoPro is in on the conspiracy, etc., etc.
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#15If he is a true believer, he is at least willing to test those beliefs by conducting an experiment. As it should be. How many true believers of anything are willing to have their their minds changed?
This guy should be praised instead of ridiculed by a bunch of internet non-contributing zeroes.
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#16He could have gone up to the top of Burj Khalifa instead. But, that wouldn't have placed him on the headlines. Also, he is running for governor. As far as I can tell from recent experience, he will win.
Or pay for a helicopter tour. You can get a ~10 minute helicopter tour for under $100 where I live. They don't fly incredibly high, but given that the minimum safe altitude is 1000 feet in some cases:
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/27076/what-is-t...
Or, just book a flight on a commercial airliner, which is also cheap but doesn't get you a panoramic view. But you'll get way higher than 1875 feet.
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#17Link with footage perhaps, wtf?
https://gizmodo.com/at-long-last-flat-earth-rocketeer-finall...
PS "Flat earthers" do more with their lives than HN commentators who are stupid enough to think "Flat earthers" exist could be an alternative title.
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#18If you’re going less than 2000 feet up, what’s wrong with an airplane?
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#19Can't really fault him for literally studying "the natural world through observation and experiment" as opposed to blindly taking some else's word. But, he should probably spend his time understanding what others did to "study the natural world through observation and experiments" and realize it's not so blind to look at their conclusions.
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#20I think putting a gopro on a balloon would have been easier.
But the GoPro's firmware is probably hacked to show a globe, because GoPro is in on the conspiracy, etc., etc.
Yeah, but then if you yourself were situated high enough to see the curvature of the earth, it's just because of whatever drugs they distribute via the contrails, and not actually real.