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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.

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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...
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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.
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