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Federal Government Denies Permission for Flat Earth Researcher's Rocket Launch

posted by martyb on Tuesday November 28 2017, @09:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-truth-is-out-there dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

According to Southern California Public Radio,

"Mad" Mike Hughes, limousine driver and self-proclaimed flat-Earther, announced that he had to delay his plan to launch himself 1,800 feet high in a rocket of his own making. The launch, which he has billed as a crucial first step toward ultimately photographing our disc-world from space, had been scheduled for Saturday — before the Bureau of Land Management got wind of the plan and barred him from using public land in Amboy, Calif.

Also, the rocket launcher he had built out of a used motor home "broke down in the driveway" on Wednesday, according to Hughes. He said in a YouTube announcement that they'd eventually gotten the launcher fixed — but the small matter of federal permission proved a more serious stumbling block (for now).

Related: Flat Earther Plans Manned Steam-Powered Rocket Launch.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 28 2017, @08:21PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 28 2017, @08:21PM (#602644)

    Burn a forest in the desert?

  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday November 29 2017, @09:58PM

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Wednesday November 29 2017, @09:58PM (#603204)

    Burn a forest in the desert?

    There is vegetation in the desert and when it burns it may take centuries or more for the climax vegetation to grow back. If you are ever in Las Vegas with time to kill, take a drive out to Red Rock Canyon where you can see the results of one such fire.