February 23, 20206 yr Administrators Trying to prove the sky was flat, also? Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
February 23, 20206 yr He's been doing this stuff for years. I'm actually surprised he survived as long as he did. Condolences to any friends and family. https://laist.com/2020/02/23/mike-hughes-daredevil-flat-earth-killed-rocket-crash.php Edited February 23, 20206 yr by HiFlyer We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
February 23, 20206 yr He was one of the only flat-earthers who actually tried to prove his beliefs, I admire him for that. Regardless of how wrong he was.
February 23, 20206 yr Darwin at work... Or as Ron White would say, another example of the thinning of the herd... Richard Boll Wichita, KS
February 23, 20206 yr If you get a chance watch the Rocketman documentary on Amazon Prime. It's all about his journey. Regardless of his beliefs, he was pretty ingenious.
February 23, 20206 yr 8 minutes ago, richjb2 said: Darwin at work... Or as Ron White would say, another example of the thinning of the herd... He should probably win a Darwin Award. Or, at least, get a nomination... https://darwinawards.com/darwin/ . Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
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February 24, 20206 yr 4 hours ago, DavidP said: Can I ask - why? It has been suggested that he didn't actually genuinely believe that flat earth nonsense, but was doing it for publicity. Certainly I do know he got some sponsorship for his rocketry projects, as evidenced by the stuff painted on the side of his launch vehicles and I know he was also the subject of a documentary, which itself brings the potential for financial rewards and further promotional opportunities. I don't know if it is true or not that he did not believe in that idiotic flat earth nonsense, but either way the end result has been the same; a bout of poor decision making at best, and at at worst outright stupidity, has resulted in his demise. Ironically enough, one of his sponsorship deals, painted on the side of his vehicle, used the slogan 'it's not rocket science'. Sadly, some things actually are rocket science, including the sensible procedure of building and launching manned rockets via a program of analytical unmanned test flights in order to prove the concept - and the recovery systems it utilises - are as reliable as can reasonably be expected, before climbing aboard the thing to indulge in a manned flight, only to find that your recovery parachute has snagged on the launch platform, deployed and detached, leaving you on a short ride which is about to confirm something which flat earthers are wont to deny the existence of - gravity. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
February 24, 20206 yr Being the contrarian, considered phenomenological as an object of experience or a qualia the earth is indeed flat. One may, based on collective reasoning infer that the earth as a thing in itself is round but for certainty a successful ontological strategy to get past sylopsism must be devised. Nah! it must also be Newtonian. Even the philosopher Kant do that.😛 Edited February 24, 20206 yr by Avidean
February 24, 20206 yr I'm inclined to suppose that following the impact, he was a considerably flatter flat earther than had originally been the case. On the plus side however, this sort of high impact misadventure saves considerably on elaborate post-mortal frivolities, since one is literally dead and buried in the same instant. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
February 24, 20206 yr Moderator Aside from the parachute being torn off by snagging on the steel ladder, he quite literally ran out of steam! I should think the many thousands of balloon launches and the live video transmitted and recorded would be sufficient proof that the world is round... Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
February 24, 20206 yr He may not have found what he was looking for but at least he had fun trying 😎 Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
February 24, 20206 yr I am not going to chuckle and gawk at what amounts to someone's snuff film. If that makes me a wet sock at parties, so be it, jedi. May the poor guy rest in peace. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
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