Flat Earth-believing daredevil 'Mad Mike' Hughes dies when self-made rocket crashes
'Homemade Astronaut' and Flat Earther "Mad Mike" Hughes died Saturday when his steam-powered rocket crashed shortly after takeoff.“Mad Mike” Hughes, an amateur engineer, daredevil and “Flat Earth” conspiracy theorist whose beliefs pushed him to prove it with homemade rockets, died Saturday when his steam-powered rocket crashed shortly after takeoff outside Barstow, California..
Video from the incident, filmed by reporter Justin Chapman, captured the tragic accident, with the steam-powered rocket’s parachute accidentally deploying moments after launch. The rocket continued its journey skyward, but with no parachute to slow its descent, crash-landed in the desert, killing Hughes at the age of 64.
Mad Mike Hughes just launched himself in a self-made steam-powered rocket and crash landed. Very likely did not survive.
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