As an attempt to prove that the Earth is flat brought the engineer-lover to the tragic death of
Source:It's hard To believe, but people who believe that the flat quite a lot. February 22, engineer, lover of Michael Hughes, nicknamed "Mad Mike" crashed on a homemade steam rocket in California. According to the channel that filmed the run, Hughes was going to prove that the Earth is flat but tragically died during an attempt to launch a homemade rocket. Its purpose astronaut-lover called rise to a height of over 1500 meters. According to Hughes, this would allow him to see what our planet looks like a plate for a Frisbee. However, the representative of Hughes Darren Shuster said in an interview that all the talk about a flat Earth — an attempt to draw attention to the launch. But is it?
Who is Michael Hughes?
Stuntman by profession, a 64-year-old Hughes was involved in the construction and testing of home-made rockets. In 2014, the rocket self-Assembly engineer-the fan flew into the air to a height of 419 meters and successfully landed by parachute. As the portal Space.com in 2015, Hughes held a crowdfunding campaign for the construction and launch of a new rocket, but it was not successful. Shortly thereafter, Hughes declared himself a supporter , and his purpose, called "test forms of the planet."
Rocket, the sponsors of which were made by several brands, including adherents of the Flat Earth Researcher Hughes, a stuntman built in the backyard of his home in Barstow, California. Earlier, in March 2018 astronaut-lover has successfully tested a steam rocket. The thrust of such a missile is formed by the heated water vapor emanating from the nozzle under a pressure of about 23 atmospheres. However, in space this rocket is not able — not enough power. Before you run, which ended in a crash, Hughes conducted the trials, during which the rocket with its Creator on Board rose to a height of 571 meters, and then successfully landed by parachute. After that, Hughes repeatedly told the press that he will definitely rise to a height of 1500 meters and prove — the Earth is flat. However, the representative of "Mad Mike," said the engineer believed in something similar. Writes , according to Schuster Michael really was a supporter of several government , however, the announcement to join the flat Earth Society was a PR move.
the hypothesis of the flat Earth turned out to be amazingly popular.
the Consequences of distrust of science
Video run, held in the desert in front of a crowd of terrified spectators, went viral on social networks on Sunday 23 February. You can see that the parachute was broken a few seconds after startup, when steam rocket start to fall down and then fell a few hundred meters from the launch pad near Barstow, 180 kilometres North-East of Los Angeles.
About launching homemade rockets Hughes announced earlier on the Discovery channel. The shooting of the event was conducted by the Science channel in the new series of the programme "Home of astronauts". Asked by journalists about the reasons of such act Hughes replied: "Just to convince people that they can do something extraordinary in your life … Maybe it will inspire someone else." In interviews to various publications Hughes has repeatedly stated distrust of science and their desire to test whether or not the Earth is .
what they believe the supporters of the flat Earth Society?
The Theory of a flat Earth — an obsolete hypothesis that the Earth is a flat disk. In the past, this hypothesis was common among the ancient Egyptians, in the mythologies of many peoples, as well as in early Buddhism and Hinduism. But with the development of geography and astronomy in Ancient Greece, the hypothesis of a flat Earth has lost the confidence of scientists, and the theory of a spherical Earth has scientific basis. However, from time to time this outdated hypothesis again finds supporters — they were in Medieval times and live among us in the twenty-first century.
Supporters of the theory of a flat Earth believe that all the photography and shooting of our planet from space — the real conspiracy. Obeying the orders of the secret world government, all the space agencies of the world allegedly regularly publish fake pictures of the Earth, moon and other space objects. Considering the words of representative Michael Hughes about his commitment to several conspiracy theories, it is logical to assume that the astronaut-lover could seriously believe that our planet is actually flat. But if the representative is right, and it was a PR stunt, as the man who single-handedly built the could be a supporter of so absurd a theory? What would he tell if has reached the desired goal?
photo Michael Hughes next to a homemade rocket. The inscription on the missile: a study of the flat Earth
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