News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Man to launch himself in homemade rocket to prove Earth is flat (not the Onion).

Re:Man to launch himself in homemade rocket to prove Earth i... by asdgkknio on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:07PM (#15754140)
I wonder if he actually believes it's flat. It sounds to me like he might be just trying to get funding. These kinds of stunts are obviously his passion, but he repeatedly had trouble funding them. It's very convenient that his conversion just happened to get him the funding he spent years looking for. Playing the fool to fund his dream would be a clever marketing trick.

I have no evidence that he's not sincere, but I'm not convinced either.

Setting aside the flat Earth craziness, "amateur astronaut" is about the most badass hobby on the planet.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Man to launch himself in homemade rocket to prove Earth i... by cirgue on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @12:24AM (#15754464)
Claiming that you believe the earth is flat is definitly not the weirdest lie that's ever been told in pursuit of funding.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Man to launch himself in homemade rocket to prove Earth i... by wallace_f on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:31AM (#15755518)
What would that be?

Anyways if you read the story, it's extremely suspicious how he suddenly became interested in the flat earth conspiracy in a request for funding. And if you wanted to prove the earth was flat a balloon, gopro-on-a-rocket, daylight hours, or just some big sticks with a buddy at a different latitude would be easier.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Man to launch himself in homemade rocket to prove Earth i... by netsharc on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @11:59AM (#15758318)
I would say "A fool and his money are soon parted. We are here to help." is a valid business model...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Man to launch himself in homemade rocket to prove Earth i... by baddox on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:32AM (#15766089)
On the contrary, the flat earthers claim that all of those things can easily be done to prove that they’re correct. And/or they dispute the common arguments that appeal to results from those experiments.
[ Parent | on HN ]