Mad Mike Hughes via APIn this Saturday, Nov. He gave an interview to a flat Earth group about his newfound skepticism in the planet’s shape, and subsequently raised thousands of dollars from a community that believes we all live, basically, on a big Frisbee. It began last year, as the daredevil struggled to raise money for a follow-up to his last successful homemade rocket launch in 2012. But even if it had, and even if he managed to subsequently rocket-pack himself into space by the end of the year, his mission would have ended at worst in death, and at best in disappointment as he realized what ancient Greeks and schoolchildren already know: The world is round it has always been round Mike Hughes will never see its edges. Hughes blamed technical difficulties – possibly a bad O-ring – for his steam-powered rocket’s failure to ignite this weekend in the Mojave Desert. In retrospect, there was never any chance he’d pull it off. The Washington Post, like many news outlets, covered Hughes’ plan. Hughes plans to launch the rocket Saturday over the ghost town of Amboy, Ca., at a speed of roughly 500 miles-per-hour.īut Saturday marked Hughes’ third aborted launch since he declared himself a flat Earther last year and announced a multipart plan to fly to space by the end of 2018 so he could prove astronauts have been lying about the shape of the planet. 15, 2017 photograph, the homemade, steam-powered rocket built by daredevil/limosuine drive Mad Mike Hughes is shown on the property the man leases in Apple Valley, Cal. Mad Mike Hughes via APIn this Wednesday, Nov. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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