--- title: B.o.B. Starts GoFundMe Camapign to Prove the Earth Is Flat description: The rapper, who made waves last year for tweeting that the Earth is flat, now hopes to launch a satellite expedition to "find the curve." canonical: https://time.com/4956840/bob-rapper-flat-earth-gofundme/ author: Kevin Lui article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-26T07:20:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:53:39.528Z og:title: B.o.B. 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In a year of war, violence and tumult, the Apollo 8 mission gave Americans a new source of pride in their achievements‹and gave the planet a new view of its place in the cosmos_ by [Kevin Lui](https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Sep 26, 2017 7:20 AM UTC In a year of war, violence and tumult, the Apollo 8 mission gave Americans a new source of pride in their achievements‹and gave the planet a new view of its place in the cosmos by [Kevin Lui](https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Sep 26, 2017 7:20 AM UTC Rapper B.o.B., who made waves last year for tweeting that the Earth is flat, now wants your help to prove his theory. Late last week, he started a GoFundMe [campaign](https://www.gofundme.com/show-bob-the-Curve), Show BoB The Curve, aiming to find evidence that the planet is actually round. “Help support B.o.B purchase and launch multiple satellites into space,” reads the fundraising page’s description. “He will be keeping you updated with step-by-step documentation of the process! Help B.o.B find the curve!” Since the campaign launched on Sept. 21, 27 donors have given a total $596 to the rapper by the time of writing — he is aiming to raise $200,000 for the project. > [](https://twitter.com/bobatl/status/910937479796133888) In 2016, the rapper, whose real name is Bobby Ray Simmons, [dropped a diss track](http://time.com/4194273/bob-rapper-neil-degrasse-tyson-diss-track-earth-flat/?xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ftwitter) on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, after Tyson [tried to convince him](http://time.com/4193114/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat/) that the Earth is, in fact, round. “Neil Tyson need to loosen up his vest/ They’ll probably write that man one hell of a check,” read one line from B.o.B.’s track,”Flatline.” For his part, Tyson [clapped back](http://time.com/4197726/flat-earth-tyson-bob-twitter-feud/) with a scientific explanation, and [dropped his mic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHBZkek8OSU) on national television to demonstrate gravity. The view that Planet Earth is a flat disc, as opposed to a globular-shaped spheroid, [has been amplified](http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/25/us/b-o-b-flat-earth-gofundme-trnd/index.html) in recent years by celebrity endorsements, reports CNN. Apart from B.o.B., high-profile flat-Earthers include Tila Tequila, NFL player [Sammy Watkins](https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/20/sammy-watkins-los-angeles-rams-earth-flat) and NBA star Kyrie Irving. (However, it turns out Irving [could be just trolling everyone](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/09/nba-celtics-kyrie-irving-flat-earth-trolling) with his professed belief in a flat Earth.) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:12] But why some say the moon? Why choose this as [00:16] our goal? And they may well ask, Why climb [00:21] the highest mountain? We choose to go to the moon. [00:23] We choose to go to the moon. [ APPLAUSE ] We choose [00:26] to go to the moon in [00:31] this decade and do the other things, not because they [00:32] are easy but because they are hard. [ MUSIC ] [00:33] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] In [00:46] the 8th year of man flight into space, the National [00:49] Aeronautics and Space Administration prepared men [00:52] and equipment for the most advanced man mission to [00:55] date. Apollo 8 was the first. Flight [01:00] to the moon. We had information that the Russians [01:04] were gonna put a man around the moon in late fall of [01:08] 1968. Consequently we changed Apollo 8's mission to [01:13] fly to the moon, orbit the moon, and come back. And [01:16] we did that over the Christmas holidays. We had [01:20] to build A Apollo spacecraft. They would hold three [01:23] people. We sat on top of a large rocket [01:27] called the Saturn V. It was a three stage vehicle, that [01:31] gave us enough velocity, and on the proper course, to [01:35] coast all the way to the moon. The engines are armed. [01:37] Four, three, [ SOUND ] two One, zero. We have liftoff. [01:39] Man, perhaps [01:46] on the way to the moon, if all continues to go well. [01:51] [ MUSIC ] My two companions were Frank Borman [01:56] and Bill Anders. That was the three of us that made [01:59] the flight. [ MUSIC ] [ INAUDIBLE ] Apollo 8. We hear [02:00] you loud and clear Apollo 8. Okay the first stage was [02:05] very smooth and this one is smoother. [02:09] Understand smooth and smoother, looks good here. [02:14] The flight took about three days to get to the moon. [02:17] We had charts of the various crater that we wanted to [02:21] see. We wanted to look at the flat areas for [02:25] making landing on later flights. Houston, what does the [02:29] old moon look like from 60 miles, over. Okay, [02:31] Houston, the moon is essentially grey. No [02:36] color. We didn't know [02:40] the significance of the mission with regards to things [02:45] that we did or things that we said until we got back [02:48] home. It was the fourth orbit when we [02:52] finally came to a position where we saw the Earth. Oh [02:55] Jim look at that picture over there. [03:00] There's the Earth coming up. Wow that's pretty. Got a [03:03] color film Jim? And then Anders asked me for color [03:05] film. Hand me a roll of color quick. Oh man [03:08] [ INAUDIBLE ] Quick. Oh yeah I've got it right here. Bill I [03:10] got it framed very clearly [03:15] yes. And he had Anders just take I guess several [03:17] pictures. I say 250 at F11. Oh I got it Ray, it's a [03:21] beautiful shot. And as Anders take the pictures, one [03:26] of them as we learned after get back home became [03:28] the very famous one. [ MUSIC ] Following [03:36] a direct descent flight path. Apollo 8 traveled 1, 560 [03:40] miles across the earth's surface and splashed down in [03:43] the Pacific with pinpoint accuracy. When we landed, of [03:47] course, we were well received being the first flight [03:51] around the moon and very successful in getting back. [03:54] But the country in 1968 was [03:59] sort of in a turmoil. Martin Luther King and Bobby [04:03] Kennedy both were assassinated. We had a war going [04:07] on, it was one after the other of bad news. [04:11] Either Vietnam or in the Continental United States. [04:14] [ MUSIC ] And then, they launch Apollo, [04:19] brought a binding to the people of our country. [04:24] It was a very significant factor in how people felt about [04:28] themselves and their environment. [ MUSIC ] [04:32] The authorized photo and just one picture, gives the [04:36] person. A complete understanding and glimpse [04:41] of his or hers position in the universe by [04:45] looking back at the body that she calls home. 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