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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Yeah. Like he’s NOT one of the nuts.
Steam power didn’t kill him, the lack of a functional parachute did.
The fact that somebody this stupid lived to be 64 is an achievement in itself.
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A quick commercial plane ride would have gotten him 6-7 times that. Hell, I live at 5,280 MSL.
Lawn Chair Larry,
Balloons,
Beer and a
B.B. gun.
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15000 ft.
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!
I didn’t know he did that, thanks for the link.
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.
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.
Anybody seen the video? Reminded me of Wiley Coyote.
Dumbass.
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.
Maybe Karman was his girlfriend and the restraining order wouldn’t allow him to get within 1 mile of her. 5,280 feet.
Physics can be a cruel teacher.
Darwin Award winner!
He could have simply contracted to ride in a hot air balloon. Higher climb. Simpler and safer technology.
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