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Elon Musk just shut down the flat Earth conspiracy theorists
Posted about 13 hours ago by Ryan Butcher in offbeat
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Humanity has been defined by great feuds between unstoppable forces and immovable objects.

Henry VII and Richard III, for example. Or Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.

Anyone remember the Bloods and the Crips? Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant? Jesus of Nazareth and the Roman Empire? The list goes on.

Fast-forward to 2018 and there's another great feud raging between two titans in their fields; two great institutions who will define the 21st century when it is finally confined to the history books.

Elon Musk and the Flat Earth Society.
Musk is the 53rd richest person in the world, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink, and this week blasted the most powerful rocket on Earth into space to drop off one of his Tesla cars which will now float between Earth and Mars for as long as a billion years. Standard.

The Flat Earth Society is a group of people who, urm, think that the Earth is flat, not round.

They first crossed paths in November last year when Elon pontificated that if there's a Flat Earth Society, there should surely be a Flat Mars Society.

Why is there no Flat Mars Society!?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2017

To which the Flat Earth Society subsequently threw down the gauntlet.

Hi Elon, thanks for the question. Unlike the Earth, Mars has been observed to be round.

We hope you have a fantastic day!

— Flat Earth Society (@FlatEarthOrg) November 28, 2017

And it seems as though the challenge was dutifully accepted, with many people (on Twitter, obviously) thinking that Elon launched his massive rocket into space so he could troll flat Earthers in the absolute best way possible – from outer space.

This week, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket released a Tesla car into space being driven by a dummy in a spacesuit dubbed Starman. The booster rockets then safely returned to Earth.

Unsurprisingly, Musk took great pleasure in sharing the incredible scenes to millions of people on his Twitter account.

View from SpaceX Launch Control. Apparently, there is a car in orbit around Earth. pic.twitter.com/QljN2VnL1O

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2018
Currently over Australia 🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/HAya3E6OEJ

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2018

People couldn't help notice that big, round, spherical and distinctly not-flat blue thing floating around in the background of the shots.

Look at that flat earth https://t.co/oQgTFmdTim

— Darin @ ESPN Esports (@darinjk2) February 6, 2018
all people who for some reason believe the Earth is flat in utter disappointment https://t.co/GTGAoCK2D5

— Dylan (@DylanPal5) February 6, 2018
Lol nice try. We all know the Earth is flat buddy https://t.co/SFmcmR0NGc

— PartyAcrossTheStreet (@fullcoarsemeel) February 6, 2018
Tough day at the office for flat eathers... https://t.co/rhzyWhmc9G

— State of Mind (@StateofMindNZ) February 6, 2018
Ok but can we see the untouched version with the real flat earth? https://t.co/QIJ6n1DY5z

— Squeezy Jon Returns (@Coutsey) February 6, 2018
flat earth believers are crying https://t.co/ycputGXnQP

— carter (@sorroxas) February 6, 2018