Flat Earth theory

[8BitCosmonaut]

I'm not sure. And the last flat earther to build a rocket failed not just in the construction, but bottled it very shortly after take off and didn't get high enough

A for effort. I can't even get my rocket to fly off the drawing board.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

A for effort. I can't even get my rocket to fly off the drawing board.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevor...e-rocket-to-prove-earth-is-flat/#624a3dd89b6f

 

[Roger Jolly]

Just whenever your day can't get any better...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9934238/inside-flat-earth-conference-conspiracy/amp/

His point, which is?
WTF is beyond the ice wall anyway!?!

 

[Roger Jolly]

I'm not sure. And the last flat earther to build a rocket failed not just in the construction, but bottled it very shortly after take off and didn't get high enough

Or did it stay low enough?
Totally failing at rocketry proves space isn’t real!

 

[Roger Jolly]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevor...e-rocket-to-prove-earth-is-flat/#624a3dd89b6f

Damn, this guy has rocket skills...
If they soviets had this guy we’d all speak Russian

 

[Horus Lupercal]

View attachment 27022 His point, which is?
WTF is beyond the ice wall anyway!?!

Apparently there's a layer outside of the ice wall of resource rich islands that all the governments of the world have been hiding from the common man since the '50s.

Because inter government co-operation back in the 50s was quite common. Especially between the 2 major players, the US and the USSR, who definitely weren't in competition and almost war at the time.

As if the common man even cares about that? Is it so we're not allowed to visit or something? If they are resource rich, who is mining it? Where is it being processed? Who is processing it? Why is this global level of co-operation between superpowers such a bad thing that it needs to be a secret? Why has no one from this enormous, multi-national mining effort ever mentioned this before?

 

[Roger Jolly]

Apparently there's a layer outside of the ice wall of resource rich islands that all the governments of the world have been hiding from the common man since the '50s.

Because inter government co-operation back in the 50s was quite common. Especially between the 2 major players, the US and the USSR, who definitely weren't in competition and almost war at the time.

As if the common man even cares about that? Is it so we're not allowed to visit or something? If they are resource rich, who is mining it? Where is it being processed? Who is processing it? Why is this global level of co-operation between superpowers such a bad thing that it needs to be a secret? Why has no one from this enormous, multi-national mining effort ever mentioned this before?

Stop asking questions, they will come for you!

 

[Lt. Snakestrike]

Apparently there's a layer outside of the ice wall of resource rich islands that all the governments of the world have been hiding from the common man since the '50s.

Because inter government co-operation back in the 50s was quite common. Especially between the 2 major players, the US and the USSR, who definitely weren't in competition and almost war at the time.

As if the common man even cares about that? Is it so we're not allowed to visit or something? If they are resource rich, who is mining it? Where is it being processed? Who is processing it? Why is this global level of co-operation between superpowers such a bad thing that it needs to be a secret? Why has no one from this enormous, multi-national mining effort ever mentioned this before?

Clearly because everyone in the world has it out for these few people. Granted, that is true, but not because they're right...

 

[Roger Jolly]

Maybe we need to melt the ice wall to get at the mountains of lithium and cobalt

 

[Jez 10]

What if
Beyon the ice wall is islands of terrains like the planets?

 

[Horus Lupercal]

He's back!

Mark Sargent has flown around the disc (presumably with the blinds down) to the UK to convince This Morning that the Earth is indeed flat.

And it's fucking hilarious.

 

[4KidsOneCamera]

He's back!

Mark Sargent has flown around the disc (presumably with the blinds down) to the UK to convince This Morning that the Earth is indeed flat.

And it's fucking hilarious.

Watching him try and avoid their questions is pretty funny.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Watching him try and avoid their questions is pretty funny.

Flat Earther: 'They're all military types, everyone who has been to space is ex-military'

Phil: 'I have a list of 200 people who have been on the ISS. Civilians, teachers. We've had some here on the show. Are they lying?'

Flat Earther: *shit*

 

[Roger Jolly]

Obviously it’s sorta flat, but it’s a moebius strip not a pancake

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Obviously it’s sorta flat, but it’s a moebius strip not a pancake

Obviously.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevor...e-rocket-to-prove-earth-is-flat/#624a3dd89b6f

Remember this guy tried launching himself in a rocket to altitude, but he bottled it and deployed his parachute too early and didn't make the target height?

Well, he's tried it again. And this time the parachute deployed before launch and broke away, leaving him in a rocket being fired up to 5,000ft without a descent parachute.

As you may imagine, he didn't get away with the landing.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...53091.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=Feed

 

[Roger Jolly]

Remember this guy tried launching himself in a rocket to altitude, but he bottled it and deployed his parachute too early and didn't make the target height?

Well, he's tried it again. And this time the parachute deployed before launch and broke away, leaving him in a rocket being fired up to 5,000ft without a descent parachute.

As you may imagine, he didn't get away with the landing.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...53091.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=Feed

One small step for evolution,
One giant leap for a brilliant misguided fool

 

[Horus Lupercal]

I don't see what he was trying to achieve at 5,000ft. Flat Earthers are always saying that seeing the curvature of the Earth from the window of Concorde is a lie because it doesn't go high enough (at 66,000ft) yet he wanted to debunk it at 5,000ft? This stunt was only ever going to end one way, and that wasn't the Karman line.

 

[Roger Jolly]

I guess they’ll have to try harder, maybe start a whole parallel space program, all the flat Earthers can go to Mars if we help them

...I wonder if there’s a connection between flat Earthers and flying saucers

 

[Altaïr]

Remember this guy tried launching himself in a rocket to altitude, but he bottled it and deployed his parachute too early and didn't make the target height?

Well, he's tried it again. And this time the parachute deployed before launch and broke away, leaving him in a rocket being fired up to 5,000ft without a descent parachute.

As you may imagine, he didn't get away with the landing.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...53091.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=Feed

Actually, considering the flight duration he barely reached 400 meters (approximately 1200 ft), so he was even far from his own goal. The deployed parachute at lift-off probably ate a lot of thrust though, so I don't know what he could have achieved on a nominal flight.

 

[Chara-cter]

One small step for evolution,
One giant leap for a brilliant misguided fool

 

[Roger Jolly]

I don't see what he was trying to achieve at 5,000ft. Flat Earthers are always saying that seeing the curvature of the Earth from the window of Concorde is a lie because it doesn't go high enough (at 66,000ft) yet he wanted to debunk it at 5,000ft? This stunt was only ever going to end one way, and that wasn't the Karman line.

Heard a couple “tributes” to this guy had some interesting speculation and maybe facts

Seems he may have latched on to the flat earth as more of a publicity anchor than any real belief, a Super Dave Osborn sorta thing; if he survived maybe could’ve been a cult messiah moment to turn the flat Earthers on their head at least for the length of news column

As far as the rocket not being rated for even 5k’, that parachute fail was apparently actually supposed to be a balloon to carry him to 5,000’ from wherever the rocket topped out

Also heard mention that the Science Channel was giving him some unofficial support, love that cable TV education