The flat earth part is debatable. He was a “dare devil” who had done things like jump cars and such. He had never before his first rocket shown any interest or belief in a flat earth. Many speculated- and his attorney and others who knew him have said- he didn’t care about flat earth or believe it- but it was a way to get flat earth people to pay for him to build and fly a rocket- and it adds publicity to his stunt. As perhaps support for this he is on record saying the second attempt wasn’t for flat earth but in support of Donald Trump. He may have just been unstable and crazy- or he may have actually just been trying to get funding from people he saw as gullible and willing to go along if he used the right words. We can’t know for sure now.
We all knew this was how it was going to end... the air force obviously shot him down, otherwise he would get a glimpse of Area 51 and report his findings... duh.
It was a national security issue, OKAY!?
It was a national security issue, OKAY!?