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Daredevil dies after homemade rocket crashes in desert while filming TV show
ABC News ^ | 2-23-2020 | JON HAWORTH

Posted on 02/23/2020 7:13:17 AM PST by deport

A daredevil has died after crashing in a homemade rocket he had launched himself while filming a program.

"Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, died on Saturday near Barstow, California, after a rocket that he had built and crashed into the ground on private property at approximately 1:52 p.m. on Saturday near Highway 247, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

"In a cosmic quest to explore the final frontier on a shoe-string budget, Mike Hughes and Waldo Stakes have built a steam powered rocket that will launch "Mad Mike" 5,000 feet into the air," said an article on the Science Channel, owned by the Discovery Channel, that has since been updated to confirm Hughes' death. "As ground-breaking and awe-inspiring as this event will be, it is only the first step towards an even more ambitious goal in space exploration."

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To: deport

21 posted on 02/23/2020 7:33:49 AM PST by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: StAntKnee

Yeah. Like he’s NOT one of the nuts.


22 posted on 02/23/2020 7:34:43 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Robe

Steam power didn’t kill him, the lack of a functional parachute did.


23 posted on 02/23/2020 7:37:12 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: deport

The fact that somebody this stupid lived to be 64 is an achievement in itself.


24 posted on 02/23/2020 7:37:26 AM PST by SamAdams76 (Trump (61); Butt (23); Commie (21); Fake Indian (8), Crazy Amy (7); Slow Joe (6); Drunken Weld (1))
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To: Moonman62
And 5,000 feet isn’t space. There are better ways to get to that altitude.

James May Witnesses Curvature of Earth | James May: On The Moon | Brit Lab

25 posted on 02/23/2020 7:37:39 AM PST by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: Moonman62
And 5,000 feet isn’t space. There are better ways to get to that altitude.

A quick commercial plane ride would have gotten him 6-7 times that. Hell, I live at 5,280 MSL.

26 posted on 02/23/2020 7:38:03 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Jonty30

Lawn Chair Larry,
Balloons,
Beer and a
B.B. gun.
.
15000 ft.


27 posted on 02/23/2020 7:38:59 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: deport


28 posted on 02/23/2020 7:46:39 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: deport

The Darwin Awards are a tongue-in-cheek honor, originating in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985. They recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool via death or sterilization by their own actions.

Liberals In a couple of decades, if left alone to their life styles, will have destroyed themselves via their abortions, drug use age, homo sexual life styles, both DNA wise and soul wise due to their stupid and terminal life choices.

The Democratic Party is rapidily morphing into the DCP/DonnerCrat Party on a daily basis.

Here we have another: Darwin Award Winner!


29 posted on 02/23/2020 7:47:04 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( Phil Haney didn’t kill himself. RIP, Phil.”)
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To: Robe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk


30 posted on 02/23/2020 7:56:09 AM PST by Paladin2 (have a pipeline to the sewer)
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To: MD Expat in PA

I didn’t know he did that, thanks for the link.


31 posted on 02/23/2020 7:56:54 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: deport

once saw Conan Obrien interview this guy. What sticks out in my memory is that its a miracle this guy made it into his 60s. The other is that he talked about about sex with young girls, a lot.


32 posted on 02/23/2020 8:00:32 AM PST by PGR88
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To: deport

The Karman line at 5000 feet?

From Wikipedia: The Karman line is the altitude where space begins. It is 100 km (about 62 miles) high.


33 posted on 02/23/2020 8:04:05 AM PST by Rocky
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To: deport

Anybody seen the video? Reminded me of Wiley Coyote.

Dumbass.


34 posted on 02/23/2020 8:06:24 AM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: deport

This was not Hughes’ first launch. Hughes, who believed the Earth is flat, propelled himself about 1,875 feet into the air before a hard landing in the Mojave Desert in March of 2018.


35 posted on 02/23/2020 8:08:40 AM PST by kabar
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To: Paladin2

https://youtu.be/TZa4Dh_Ay9A


36 posted on 02/23/2020 8:09:40 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Rocky

Maybe Karman was his girlfriend and the restraining order wouldn’t allow him to get within 1 mile of her. 5,280 feet.


37 posted on 02/23/2020 8:12:56 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: kabar

Physics can be a cruel teacher.


38 posted on 02/23/2020 8:14:03 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: deport

Darwin Award winner!


39 posted on 02/23/2020 8:14:53 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Jonty30

He could have simply contracted to ride in a hot air balloon. Higher climb. Simpler and safer technology.


40 posted on 02/23/2020 8:15:01 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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