Wodzitcha "Wodziwika Kwambiri Woyendetsa Limousine Padziko Lonse" Mike Hughes, wazaka 61, wakumana ndi zovuta poyesa kutsimikizira kuti Dziko Lapansi ndi lathyathyathya. Loweruka, bungwe linalake lidaletsa kukhazikitsidwa kwake kwa roketi pomuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito malo aboma.
Rocket yoyendetsedwa ndi nthunzi idayenera kunyamuka ku Amboy, California, tauni yamzimu m'chipululu cha Mojave m'mphepete mwa njira 66, koma Hughes sanalandire chilolezo kuchokera ku Bureau of Land Management kuti ayambitse ntchitoyi. Hughes akuti adapatsidwa chilolezo chapakamwa chaka chapitacho pomwe akuyembekezera chivomerezo chomaliza kuchokera ku Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).
“Zikuchitikabe. Tikungosuntha mamailosi atatu pamsewu, "Hughes adauza The Washington Post Lachisanu. "Izi ndi zomwe zimachitika nthawi iliyonse mukakumana ndi mtundu uliwonse wa bungwe la boma. Sindikuwona [kukhazikitsa] kukuchitika mpaka Lachiwiri, moona mtima. Zimatenga masiku atatu kukhazikitsa… Mukudziwa, sikophweka chifukwa sikuyenera kukhala kophweka.”
Mneneri wa Bureau of Land Management (BLM) adauza Washington Post kuti panalibe mbiri yolumikizirana pakati pa bungweli ndi Hughes komanso kuti sanapemphe chilolezo chapadera choti achite.
"Wina wochokera ku ofesi yathu yam'deralo adamufikira ataona zina mwa nkhanizi [zokhudza kukhazikitsidwa], chifukwa zinali nkhani kwa iwo," Mneneri wa BLM Samantha Storms adatero, malinga ndi The Washington Post.
Hughes, yemwe adanenapo kale kuti, "Palibe kusiyana pakati pa sayansi ndi zopeka za sayansi," komanso kuti "John Glenn ndi Neil Armstrong ndi Freemasons," ndi wasayansi yemwe adapanga rocket yake yoyamba mu 2014.
Ndiwongotembenuzidwa posachedwa ku Flat-Eartherism, zomwe mwina zidalimbikitsidwa ndi kampeni yolephera ya Kickstarter yomwe idangokwanitsa kukweza $310 pacholinga cha $150,000. Kutembenuka kwake kudapangidwa pamlengalenga, atayitanira pawailesi yomwe ili yotchuka pakati pa gulu la flat-Earth.
"Tinali ngati tikufunafuna othandizira atsopano pa izi. Ndipo ndine wokhulupirira ku Dziko lathyathyathya,” Hughes adauza wolandira alendowo. Ndinalifufuza kwa miyezi ingapo. Sanayikepo munthu m'malo," adatero Hughes. “Kuno ku America kuli mabungwe 20 osiyanasiyana okhudza zakuthambo, ndipo ndine munthu womaliza kuyika munthu mu roketi ndikuyiyambitsa.”
Hughes, komabe, amagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa round-Earth (kapena ukadaulo) pagalimoto yake.
"Ndimadziwa za kayendedwe ka kayendedwe ka madzi ndi momwe zinthu zimayendera mumlengalenga, za kukula kwake kwa ma rocket nozzles, ndi thrust. Koma imeneyo si sayansi, ndi njira chabe. ”
Hughes wapeza malo enanso, omwe ali ndi chinsinsi paulendo wake wa 500mph (804kph), ulendo wautali wamakilomita kudutsa m'chipululu cha Mojave chomwe akuyembekeza kuti chidzakopa chidwi kwambiri pagululi ndipo awonetsa gawo loyamba mu pulogalamu yake yapamtunda. . Akuyembekeza kupeza ndalama zokwanira kuti ayende ulendo wopita ku atmosflat kuti atsutse chiwembu chachikulu chapakati pa maboma, mabungwe ogwirizana omwe amatiteteza ku chowonadi: kuti timakhala pa disc yosalala, yoyandama mumlengalenga, yozunguliridwa ndi khoma lalikulu la ayezi.
