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Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
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RE: Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
November 24, 2017 at 12:05 am
(November 23, 2017 at 10:39 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:
(November 23, 2017 at 10:21 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: The 'trick' would be to bail out prior to impact and let the rocket body hit first, and then traverse the debris plume for an enhanced braking effect compared to ordinary air, and then lightly touching down on the ground.

Sounds like something the coyote would pull off in his endless pursuit of the road runner.

Except that the coyote makes a poof when he hits the ground from a high altitude.

Does this guy have spawn? Could be a Darwin Award contestant.
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RE: Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
November 24, 2017 at 12:56 am
I'm expecting another hole in the Earth when he crashes.
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RE: Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
November 24, 2017 at 6:31 am
(November 24, 2017 at 12:56 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: I'm expecting another hole in the Earth when he crashes.

What we'll get is other flatters saying Big Sphere shot him down or something.  Jerkoff
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RE: Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
November 24, 2017 at 6:32 am (This post was last modified: November 24, 2017 at 6:42 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
(November 23, 2017 at 5:06 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote: The dude seriously wants to just travel 1800 feet to prove earth is flat? C'mon, he can just visit the Burj Khalifa and he'd be higher than that

I've been twice as high as that in a paraglider.
(November 23, 2017 at 6:06 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: [Image: flat-earth-3d-model-with-a-layer-of-star...full15.png]

How do they explain that the moon isn't full all the time?
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RE: Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
November 24, 2017 at 6:42 am
(November 24, 2017 at 6:32 am)Mathilda Wrote:
(November 23, 2017 at 5:06 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote: The dude seriously wants to just travel 1800 feet to prove earth is flat? C'mon, he can just visit the Burj Khalifa and he'd be higher than that

I've been twice as high as that in a paraglider.

I've been a lot higher than that in LA.  Big Grin
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RE: Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
November 24, 2017 at 6:49 am
I hope it all goes well for him, I wouldn't want to see it topple over and just go a mile along the ground at that speed...Or would I?
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RE: Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
November 24, 2017 at 7:08 am
(November 24, 2017 at 6:31 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(November 24, 2017 at 12:56 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: I'm expecting another hole in the Earth when he crashes.

What we'll get is other flatters saying Big Sphere shot him down or something.  Jerkoff

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RE: Rocket launch to prove earth is flat
November 24, 2017 at 7:17 am
(November 24, 2017 at 6:32 am)Mathilda Wrote: How do they explain that the moon isn't full all the time?

Don't ask for any explanations, or you won't have enough brain cells remaining to regret asking them. Sleepy
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