space to prove the world is round. Marc Gauld was so fed up of a mate's 'nonsense' telling him that the world is flat that he has launched a campaign to raise £250,000 to send a flat earther into the atmosphere to look at the globe for themselves.
The 37-year-old oil worker from Aberdeen looked up the cost of a seat on a Virgin Galactic flight and said he was '100% serious' about sending a doubter into space to prove the earth is round.
He told the Daily Record he had contacted billionaires Richard Branson of Virgin and Elon Musk of SpaceX..He said: "I have a couple of friends that are flat earthers and it drives me crazy their total nonsense that they speak."I am not a scientist by any means but I am heavy on reading about space, watching.
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