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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: chiralSPO on 23/02/2020 06:17:31
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I just read that "Mad Mike" Hughes died today when his steam-powered rocket crashed as he tried to prove that the Earth is flat....
I have mixed feelings.
Obviously, he was a human being, and as such his death is sad. On the other hand... what a way to go! At least he was a professional daredevil, whose hobby included amateur rocketry, so his family and friends couldn't have expected too different an outcome (it's a matter of when, not if).
And I can respect that he was so devoted (obsessed?) to empirical testing of his hypothesis. If only he could have been satisfied by less dangerous methods!
I remember hearing about his ambitions to fly to space in a homebuilt rocket a few years ago. This is about what I imagined would happen...
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Yes, very sad news.
I have mixed views on whether he was primarily a daredevil or a flat earther. He has certainly done other stunts eg record for a limo jump, but he could have seen earth curvature from a balloon, plane or high mountain if that is what his objective was. Interesting that he was appealing to flat earthers to fund his rocket.
Whatever his objectives, as you say, the end was inevitable.
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Per ardua ad astra.
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except for most it is: Per ardua ad terra.... or is that ad terram?... I can't remember any latin
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Did the headline read " society allows deluded man to kill himself"?
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Welcome to 'merica, where no man is obliged to behave rationally!