Analyzing the 2014 GoFast Rocket

Remember the amateur GoPro camera rocket that the STEM team launched from the Nevada desert? We’ve got the exact details, thanks to Pastor Dean Odle. The launch took place at 9:34 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on July 14, 2014.

At that moment, the moon was directly over Papua New Guinea (north of Australia), where it was 2:34 a.m.—pitch dark and nighttime, given the 17-hour time difference from Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the sun was directly overhead in the Dominican Republic, marking solar noon at 12:34 p.m. local time.

On the day of the launch, the moon was 92% full. The rocket ascended to an altitude of 73 miles (117 kilometers), and the GoPro cameras mounted on it captured footage of the moon, appearing small and distant—over 11,000 kilometers (7,080 miles) away. Screenshots from the footage clearly show the moon, consistent with a 92% fullness and in the exact orientation as it should be when viewed from Nevada, with the bottom-right 8% missing.

This footage undeniably shows the moon, seen from 7,080 miles away and 73 miles up. According to the globe model, this shouldn’t be possible.

Pastor Dean Odle explains more in this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/scAnZouEkWY?si=bETfVA_KMqX62gDR