Mad Mike Hughes is gone...
64 year old Mad Mike was the daredevil who proposed a rocket launch to prove the world is flat. Many said take a commercial flight... it's much cheaper!Yesterday, in another stunt, he attempted a homemade rocket launch that failed and he died.
His steam powered rocket was supposed to launch Hughes 62 miles into the air, clearing the Karman Line, the border between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.
From the ABC story that covered the event:
The rocket launch was intended to be one of three featured in a new Science Channel series, "Homemade Astronauts," which would chronicle the story of self-financed teams "in their cosmic quest to explore the final frontier on limited budgets."
Mike was the guy who was widely regarded as someone who believed the Earth is flat. According to his publicist, It was only a publicity stunt.
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I don't believe he was really a flat-earther.
64 year old Mad Mike was the daredevil who proposed a rocket launch to prove the world is flat.
Found it.
Too bad there isn't a steam rocket big enough for the Democrats. I'm sure they'd love to give it a try too.
Remove the idiot genes from the gene pool.