Dartonus posted:

Would there be that much fire involved? It says the thing’s steam-powered.

Elman posted:

How is he planning to land?

Fathis Munk posted:

Man, now that's an untapped industry, instead of boring euthanasia just offer some kick rear end death rocket rides.

"Go out with a bang!"

quote:

That said, Hughes isn’t a totally unproven engineer. He set a Guinness World Record in 2002 for a limousine jump, according to Ars Technica, and has been building rockets for years, albeit with mixed results.

“Okay, Waldo. 3 . . . 2 . . . 1!” someone yells in a test fire video from 2012.

There’s a brief hiss of boiling water, then . . . nothing. So Hughes walks up to the engine and pokes it with a stick, at which point a thick cloud of steam belches out toward the camera.

He built his first manned rocket in 2014, the Associated Press reported, and managed to fly a quarter-mile over Winkelman, Ariz.

As seen in a YouTube video, the flight ended with Hughes being dragged, moaning from the remains of the rocket. The injuries he suffered put him in a walker for two weeks, he said.

And the 2014 flight was only a quarter of the distance of Saturday’s mile-long attempt.

And it was based on round-Earth technology.

Hughes only recently converted to flat-Eartherism, after struggling for months to raise funds for his follow-up flight over the Mojave.

It was originally scheduled for early 2016 in a Kickstarter campaign — “From Garage to Outer Space!” — that mentioned nothing about Illuminati astronauts, and was themed after a NASCAR event.

il_cornuto posted:

On the rocket guy:

Grey Fox posted:

Stupid like a fox.

theflyingorc posted:

I think he's lying about betting a flat earther to get attention

il_cornuto posted:

On the rocket guy:

quote:

So Hughes walks up to the engine and pokes it with a stick

Katt posted:

Churches offer marijuana to members, feature pot-smoking Jesus in ads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75tuBJq_Xuc

A powerful message like that could make him the new Pope

il_cornuto posted:

On the rocket guy:

il_cornuto posted:

On the rocket guy:

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

And that is why you need wasps.

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

And that is why you need wasps.

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

And that is why you need wasps.

Randaconda posted:

:cobert:

The Bloop posted:

Randaconda posted:

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Say Nothing posted:

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Edit: ADTRW's worst neightmare

trapped mouse posted:

is japan like the only country in the world to be okay with pedophilia

up to a year in jail or paying 9,000 bucks lmao

seriously, this story is like a new horror every paragraph

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Woman wants charge of killing twin in cliff crash dismissed

Dr. Obvious of the No poo poo Institute posted:

"It is probable that having the drivers' head pulled firmly to the right from the pulling of her hair could have caused some erratic driving."

Standard Issue Prosecutor posted:

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Emlyn Higa said in response to the motion that the hair-pulling had no effect on Alexandria Duval's ability to drive the SUV safely and didn't contribute to going over the cliff.

dumb. posted:

Aesop Poprock posted:

Cool just what I wanted, another large object to cram up my pockets for no reason

That can't be a real thing

AlphaKretin posted:

How many people are actually addicted to using phones compared to people who just check their phone a lot because they're become pretty drat important things since the baby boomer era?

Fathis Munk posted:

Man, now that's an untapped industry, instead of boring euthanasia just offer some kick rear end death rocket rides.

"Go out with a bang!"

AlphaKretin posted:

How many people are actually addicted to using phones compared to people who just check their phone a lot because they're become pretty drat important things since the baby boomer era?