On 24 Nov 2017 14:31:28 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>more at
>http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-flat-earthers-plan-to-launch-himself-in-a-homemade-rocket-just-hit-a-speed-bump/ar-BBFBwAe?li=BBnb7Kz
>
>A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a
>he is postponing the experiment after he couldn't get permission from a federal
>agency to do so on public land.
>
>Instead, Mike Hughes said the launch will take place sometime next week on
>private property, albeit still in Amboy, Calif., an unincorporated community in
>the Mojave Desert along historic Route 66.
>
>"It's still happening. We're just moving it three miles down the road," Hughes
>told The Washington Post on Friday. "This is what happens any time you have to
>deal with any kind of government agency."
>
>Hughes claimed the Bureau of Land Management said he couldn't launch his rocket
>as planned on Saturday in Amboy. He also claimed the federal agency had given
>him verbal permission more than a year ago, pending approval from the Federal
>Aviation Administration.
>
>Representatives from the BLM and the FAA did not immediately respond to requests
>for comment Friday.
>
>Hughes said he had originally intended to arrive in Amboy on Wednesday to start
>setting up the rocket. The BLM's denial, along with some technical difficulties
>into his plans, according to Hughes.
>
>"I don't see [the launch] happening until about Tuesday, honestly," he said. "It
>takes three days to set up. ... You know, it's not easy because it's not
>supposed to be easy."
The easy part is the splat at the end...
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