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California retired Mike Hughes nicknamed Madman is one of the staunch supporters of the Flat Earth Society. 61 year old the man had long planned to build his own rocket with the goal of climb it up and see with our own eyes that our planet is not round, as Orthodox scholars assure us, but disc-shaped. March 24 this year, the famous daredevil brought this idea to life, at least in part.
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Having assembled a steam-powered apparatus in his own garage, an American climbed on a makeshift rocket to a height of at least 570 meters, then went down by parachute. It happened in the Mojave Desert on southwest United States. Rocket nose on landing fell apart in two, but the inventor claims to have foreseen this is. Hughes, who was inside his brainchild, received a relatively minor injuries and was taken to hospital with back pain. TO Unfortunately or fortunately, he could not make sure that the Earth flat because the altitude of the rocket was insufficient, yes and the view from it was very limited.
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Initially, the “crazy” Mike planned to launch in last November, however, various technical difficulties project forced him to hold off a flight. Also against such a risky trick began to protest local officials. They, of course, claimed to be worried about the life of the elderly men, however, the pensioner was convinced that civil servants simply were afraid of revealing the truth about the true form of our “blue ball. ”
Despite the fact that the launch did not allow the daredevil To reveal this truth, Hughes was very inspired by his flight. According to the Californian, although he has not yet been able to prove to everyone, that our planet is disc-shaped, in the near future it will certainly will build a more powerful and advanced aircraft, which allow him to expose the lies of the powerful. In the meantime, Mike will recover in the hospital after an experienced “flight in space”.
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