Message from @Reaps

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2017-11-21 16:27:15 UTC  

Reminded me of the stories of me163 test pilots being dissolved by t-stoff propellant leaking into the flight cabin

2017-11-21 16:28:53 UTC  

Scenes of jubilation in Salisbury, the capital of Zimbabwe.

2017-11-21 16:32:11 UTC  

Ok, so he apparently already flew one of his rockets once.

2017-11-21 16:32:29 UTC  

Look at all those holes in the parachute.

2017-11-21 16:32:32 UTC  

wot a mad lad

2017-11-21 16:32:36 UTC  

r/madlads

2017-11-21 16:34:03 UTC  

The article mentions that; but it also says he collapsed after landing and took three days to recover

2017-11-21 16:34:14 UTC  

speedholes bruh

2017-11-21 16:34:18 UTC  

don't believe in science

2017-11-21 16:35:05 UTC  

*Watches video*

2017-11-21 16:35:07 UTC  

Gravity is just a theory, after all.

2017-11-21 16:35:19 UTC  

I didn't think GoPros had a '10fps' setting

2017-11-21 16:35:50 UTC  

Yeah, it's fishy that he doesn't have footage from the outside. Could just have been a model rocket or something.

2017-11-21 16:36:09 UTC  

What's all the white shit flaking off of it?

2017-11-21 16:36:22 UTC  

propellant?

2017-11-21 16:36:24 UTC  

geez I hope not

2017-11-21 16:36:28 UTC  

dandrumpf of course

2017-11-21 16:36:38 UTC  

yeah, first thing I thought was how it looked like that

2017-11-21 16:36:48 UTC  

that or paint chips

2017-11-21 16:36:58 UTC  

but I thought he would've eaten all of them

2017-11-21 16:37:20 UTC  

holy fucking shit

2017-11-21 16:37:27 UTC  

did he purchase that parachute second-hand?

2017-11-21 16:37:53 UTC  

There's a lot of material flying off the thing indeed.

2017-11-21 16:38:23 UTC  

More like he went dumpster diving for the parachute.

2017-11-21 16:38:28 UTC  

"His future plans include an excursion into space. He and Stakes have already brainstormed on a “Rockoon,” which is a rocket that, rather than being immediately ignited while on the ground, is carried into the atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and lit. This rocket will take Hughes about 68 miles up."

2017-11-21 16:38:48 UTC  

TWO-STAGE SPACE ROCKET PROGRAM, BAYBEYY

2017-11-21 16:39:27 UTC  

I've seen better KSP rockets

2017-11-21 16:39:43 UTC  

also

2017-11-21 16:39:46 UTC  

is that s single tether?

2017-11-21 16:40:07 UTC  

"well, if it works for the space shuttle.."

2017-11-21 16:41:30 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/377519739380957184/382571235445571584/Screenshot_from_2017-11-21_14-40-00.jpg

2017-11-21 16:41:53 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/377519739380957184/382571330786164737/BKlXTsk.gif

2017-11-21 16:43:01 UTC  

I'm curious about what the flappy thing on the top left is.

2017-11-21 16:43:42 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/377519739380957184/382571787847991298/image.jpg

2017-11-21 16:43:55 UTC  

But yeah, video looks like filmed from a model rocket, then slowed down to this ridiculous frame rate.

2017-11-21 16:48:09 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/377519739380957184/382572909220331521/Screenshot_from_2017-11-21_14-47-26.jpg

2017-11-21 16:48:28 UTC  

It appears the nozzle is attached directly to the fuel tank... no fuel pump... is this just a water bottle rocket?

2017-11-21 16:51:07 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/377519739380957184/382573655584014336/image.jpg

2017-11-21 16:53:05 UTC  

Did you mean to post that on <#372508286529961996>?

2017-11-21 16:53:41 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/377519739380957184/382574302748344321/image.jpg