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Old 06-02-2018, 03:23 AM
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Mad Mike ..Flat Earther Extraordinaire

Poor Ol Mad Mike ..an O ring this time?..Saboteurs?

https://www.livescience.com/61653-ma...e=notification

So many people are interested in Frump, but I think Mad Mike is far more amusing..esp his latest escapades.

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Old 06-02-2018, 07:44 AM
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It's those blooming round Earth conspiracy theorists again.

Thwarting his plans.
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Old 06-02-2018, 10:02 AM
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Poor Ol Mad Mike ..an O ring this time?..Saboteurs?

https://www.livescience.com/61653-ma...e=notification

So many people are interested in Frump, but I think Mad Mike is far more amusing..esp his latest escapades.

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More large sums of money to repair and delays for testing and ......... He's onto a good thing there. Anyone for a sweep stake to see how long it last before he gets rumbled ?
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Old 06-02-2018, 03:12 PM
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Not that I particularly care, but I doubt anyone ever did any CoG/CoT calculations on that contraption.

Even looking at it, it appears to me it is going to tumble end over end...should be a disastrously funny yet fatal finale for Mad Mike IF it ever launches.
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Old 06-02-2018, 05:09 PM
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People in the comments section are complaining about him getting so much air time. I think these kind of guys need more! I need a daily fix.

The guy needs a daily blog.
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Old 06-02-2018, 05:32 PM
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I thought there were no V2s left after ww2
I bet the payload is more explosive than the originals.

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/xanadu55/V-2.html
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Old 06-02-2018, 05:37 PM
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Get Myth Busters to fix it so he can make his trip...
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Old 09-02-2018, 03:59 PM
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Weight it down at the back with 50kg of Semtex. That should keep it pointing up!
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Well, good news for those silently watching...

Mad Mike is back in the news.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/in...24dee2b12a7019
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Old 26-03-2018, 08:27 AM
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At least he got enough altitude for the shutes to work and he survived. Captain Risky would be jealous.
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Old 26-03-2018, 10:05 AM
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Sure, the guy is a nutter. No arguments there.
But he did build and successfully launch a rocket and return safely. I'd shake his hand and buy him a beer for that alone.
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Old 26-03-2018, 04:23 PM
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Sure, the guy is a nutter. No arguments there.
But he did build and successfully launch a rocket and return safely. I'd shake his hand and buy him a beer for that alone.
Could'a got higher hang-gliding, hell just parachuting! Cheaper to Y'all... !
Yehaa! Dang that thar landin was like fallin off the back of a truck!
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Old 26-03-2018, 04:26 PM
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He wouldn't have seen the curvature of his forehead at that altitude, let alone any curvature of the oblate spheroid we live on.

FAIL.

Yeah, he launched himself - ALMOST horizontally. At least it did NOT tumble as I expected it to.
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