Mad Mike and His (Flat Earth) Steam Rocket

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  1. Paul Bellow

    Paul Bellow Forum Game Master Staff Member LitRPG Author Shop Owner Citizen Aspiring Writer

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    Yowza...

    https://apnews.com/9d8e5e8e9245412a...ket-scientist-plans-to-launch-over-ghost-town

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    Self taught rocket scientist.

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    Crazy limo man for govener 2018 :p
     
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    For some reason, he thinks by going up 1,800 feet (600 meters) he'll be able to see the curvature of the earth... And he's spent 20k on his pet project...
    the simple way of getting high?
    Climb a mountain... or just lots of ayahuasca.
     
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    “There’s no difference between science and science fiction.” - "Mad Mike" there.

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    Did this guy blow himself up yet? Because now I'm curious.
     
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    I think i saw a video of a test launch and he looked preatty out of it but definitely not blown up but you are aware he hasent done the launch yet

    you would think he would put a balistic gell dummy or something inside before launching himself seems like thats asking for trouble even if he dosent "beleve" in science
     
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    If he doesn't "believe" in science than why the heck did he bother building a rocket? A steam powered rocket at that! This only going to end in disaster, but heck, at least he's filming it so people can watch.
     
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  9. Paul Bellow

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    I think he's "launching" this Saturday? Should be interesting. Heh. Maybe the Earth is not round or flat but a trapezoid! Or maybe a giant turtle shell.
     
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    Don't forget the four elephants...

    Also... He's using scrap aluminium, nothing can go wrong with that masterplan
     
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    And he apparently doesn't understand the damage G-Force can do to a human body... Because he's already jumped once (only to 1300 that time) and collapsed... so...yeah, what could possibly go wrong with this brilliant plan? If he doesn't blow himself up, he's going to liquify himself!
     
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    And pressurised steam as propulsion... There are videos of steam bombs on YouTube
     
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    Another factor in the "wtf are you thinking?!" feeling I get when I think about this guy. Then again, he apparently thinks the world is flat so...

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    Well... Hopefully he becomes a cautionary tale... Bumping up average global iq by a point or two...
    More likely there'll be a conspiracy theory that he was sabotaged by the CIA
     
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    So he read Discworld and thought it was non-fiction?

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    Apparently so!

    Although this conversation is totally making me want to do a LitRPG on a flat world. Just because.:D
     
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    I read he did it once before and had a HARD time with the g-force problem. Craziness!
     
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    Turtles ALL THE WAY DOWN, my friend! ;)
     
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    I have to admit...

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    This is a pretty cool looking idea for a fictional world, right?
     
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