French Super Etendard stalls after catapult launch - photos

**Scotsman Hosie** · Feb 27, 2020, 04:13 AM

You know, engineers – and builders of all kind – know things almost never work as expected – the 1st few times out. But flat-earther Mike Hughes – a media attention hound – also performed as the test dummy for his home-built, steampunk rocket. And – like LaVoy Finicum (Shot by FBI – outside Bend, Oregon) – was on a fast track to personally thin the herd.

Someone said "Did he really believe the Earth was flat?" I said "No – he was an attention seeking media hound, who believed the shortest distance between two points – was an angle." But just like Finicum – everyone involved, had to know how it was slotted to end. A regular Bucko Rogers – of the 21st Century.

**Jon** · Feb 29, 2020, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Scotsman Hosie

Someone said "Did he really believe the Earth was flat?" I said "No – he was an attention seeking media hound, who believed the shortest distance between two points – was an angle."

His publicist is also claiming that the flat Earth bit was just a shtick. That kinda makes sense. How can you gain the technical knowledge necessary to build a rocket, but still cling to a flat Earth belief?

It’s not clear how strongly he held the conviction, or if he really believed it at all. His publicist, Darren Shuster, said Saturday that the “flat Earth thing … was a PR stunt we dreamed up” to get publicity and attract sponsors for the rockets that the self-taught engineer made in his garage at his home in Apple Valley, Calif.

More: https://www.latimes.com/california/s...of-close-calls

**greyhoundollie** · Mar 1, 2020, 12:53 PM

I just got a close look at Mad Daves rocket ship. some of the printed signs "Juan pollo" ----- "Joe chicken"? Another sign on his ship "Dating isnt rocket science" -----At least the way Mad Dave does it.