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These people. You can get a MiG-29 to take you to the edge of space, so you can see the curve of the earth with your own eyes, for around €20,000.

0x00000000 9y ago
>The plan, as stated, is to send himself 1,800 feet high in the air Or just go to the top of a large building
- ceedan 9y ago
  are you serious, his plan is for only 1800 feet? LOL
  - kkylin 9y ago
    Wouldn't it be easier (and better exercise) to get that elevation gain just hiking up a nearby mountain?
  - derekp7 9y ago
    I think this is his test flight.
  - tehwebguy 9y ago
    This leaves room for another fundraising campaign to go even higher next time.
- userbinator 9y ago
  Not very many buildings are that high: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings 1WTC is a little short, but the only one in the US which is close to that height.
  - ursat 9y ago
    Well, a $20000 budget can get you comfortably to any of the 1800+ft buildings, faster and safer. It's probably enough to go to all of them...
ivanhoe 9y ago
Or just go to the seaside and watch a boat sailing away over the horizon... but that wouldn't put him in the spotlight, and this is obviously just another media attention seeking stunt...
- jschwartzi 9y ago
  NB: This is actually how people in the middle ages knew the earth wasn't flat. They could watch ships drop down over the horizon from the harbor.
- phkahler 9y ago
  From Lexington MI I can see a lot of wind turbines across lake Huron in Canada. You can see the blades rotating below the horizon. I'm sure if you drive over there they stay a good 50 feet above the ground.
- cstrahan 9y ago
  Sadly, flat-earth believers will then claim that the ships aren’t being obscured by the curvature of the earth - rather, supposedly, it’s just that one needs to use a lens to zoom in due to the vanishing point: http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/evidence-for-the-flat-earth-ships-do-not-disappear-over-the-horizon.454885852/ http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/evidence-for-the-flat-eart... Of course, it would be easy to test that theory: keep magnifying as the ship sails away, and if the ship is still appears to sink, then the vanishing point explanation is a non sequitur.
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cirgue 9y ago
Where can I buy a MiG-29 for that price?
- jm547ster 9y ago
  I’d assumed it was commercial flight ticket and a quick search appears that’s the case: http://www.flyfighterjet.com/edge-of-space-flight http://www.flyfighterjet.com/edge-of-space-flight although I’m sure you could disprove a flat earth for one of the lower altitude flights they offer
- saganus 9y ago
  I think the GP was referring to something like Migflung rentals[0 [0] http://www.migflug.com/en/jet-fighter-flights.html http://www.migflug.com/en/jet-fighter-flights.html
azinman2 9y ago
I wonder how he thinks satellites work... just hovering above a flat earth? It’s just all so stupid that I hate that NPR is even validating this by publishing it. There is no bar anymore, or any level of critical thinking. Ugh.
- KON_Air 9y ago
  They teleport to the opposite edge when they hit one. It is common knowledge to anyone played Asteroids. http://www.freeasteroids.org/ http://www.freeasteroids.org/
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0x00000000 9y ago

>The plan, as stated, is to send himself 1,800 feet high in the air Or just go to the top of a large building

ceedan 9y ago
are you serious, his plan is for only 1800 feet? LOL
- kkylin 9y ago
  Wouldn't it be easier (and better exercise) to get that elevation gain just hiking up a nearby mountain?
- derekp7 9y ago
  I think this is his test flight.
- tehwebguy 9y ago
  This leaves room for another fundraising campaign to go even higher next time.
userbinator 9y ago
Not very many buildings are that high: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings 1WTC is a little short, but the only one in the US which is close to that height.
- ursat 9y ago
  Well, a $20000 budget can get you comfortably to any of the 1800+ft buildings, faster and safer. It's probably enough to go to all of them...

ivanhoe 9y ago

Or just go to the seaside and watch a boat sailing away over the horizon... but that wouldn't put him in the spotlight, and this is obviously just another media attention seeking stunt...

jschwartzi 9y ago
NB: This is actually how people in the middle ages knew the earth wasn't flat. They could watch ships drop down over the horizon from the harbor.
phkahler 9y ago
From Lexington MI I can see a lot of wind turbines across lake Huron in Canada. You can see the blades rotating below the horizon. I'm sure if you drive over there they stay a good 50 feet above the ground.
cstrahan 9y ago
Sadly, flat-earth believers will then claim that the ships aren’t being obscured by the curvature of the earth - rather, supposedly, it’s just that one needs to use a lens to zoom in due to the vanishing point: http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/evidence-for-the-flat-earth-ships-do-not-disappear-over-the-horizon.454885852/ http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/evidence-for-the-flat-eart... Of course, it would be easy to test that theory: keep magnifying as the ship sails away, and if the ship is still appears to sink, then the vanishing point explanation is a non sequitur.

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cirgue 9y ago

Where can I buy a MiG-29 for that price?

jm547ster 9y ago
I’d assumed it was commercial flight ticket and a quick search appears that’s the case: http://www.flyfighterjet.com/edge-of-space-flight http://www.flyfighterjet.com/edge-of-space-flight although I’m sure you could disprove a flat earth for one of the lower altitude flights they offer
saganus 9y ago
I think the GP was referring to something like Migflung rentals[0 [0] http://www.migflug.com/en/jet-fighter-flights.html http://www.migflug.com/en/jet-fighter-flights.html

azinman2 9y ago

I wonder how he thinks satellites work... just hovering above a flat earth? It’s just all so stupid that I hate that NPR is even validating this by publishing it. There is no bar anymore, or any level of critical thinking. Ugh.

KON_Air 9y ago
They teleport to the opposite edge when they hit one. It is common knowledge to anyone played Asteroids. http://www.freeasteroids.org/ http://www.freeasteroids.org/
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