Posted on 02/23/2020 10:50:15 AM PST by Impala64ssa
Daredevil and Flat Earth theorist Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes died Saturday in a rocket crash. Hughes, 64, wanted to prove the Flat Earth theory by taking photographs of the Earth from a homemade rocket.
Saturday's rocket launch was to be featured on the Science Channel, which was chronicling Hughes' attempts to launch himself high enough in a homemade rocket to take pictures of the curvature — or lack thereof as far as Hughes was concerned — of the Earth. This particular launch was only supposed to take Hughes 5,000 feet in the air, according to Discovery.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mike Hughes' family and friends during this difficult time. It was always his dream to do this launch, and Science Channel was there to chronicle his journey," Science Channel said in a statement.
Although police did not positively identify Hughes, San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Public Information Officer Cindy Bachman said Saturday in a statement, "A man was pronounced deceased after the rocket crashed in the open desert during a rocket launch event. Medical aid was staged for the launch and was on scene immediately."
Hughes had previously completed a successful launch in March 2018, which sent him 1,800 feet in the air.
"The Flat Earth thing is like everything else to me," Hughes told CBS News in October 2018. "I just want people to question everything. Question what your congressman is doing, your city council. Question what really happened during the Civil War. What happened during 9/11."
At the time, Hughes stated that he built his homemade rocket mostly through, "trial and error," and admitted, "You don't get a lot of second chances, though, in the rocket business."
Turtles.
It’s turtles all the way down.
Congratulations; Quote of the Week. He set out to prove the Flat Earth Theory, wound up proving Darwin’s Theory.
Don’t know, but from the video my SWAG (scientific wild ass guess) is 175 to 200kts +/-
“. This particular launch was only supposed to take Hughes 5,000 feet in the air, according to Discovery.”
Just buying an airline ticket would have gotten him to 30,000 feet or more.
some guys just like to tinker in their garages all day & collect tools & impress onlookers
Assuming he made it to the 5000ft altitude (1524m):
v^2 = 2*(9.81m/s^2)*1524m
v = 173m/s or 387mph.
He’s dead, Jim...
Since the video did not show anyone climbing into this POS, I ponder the question if a paid-up life insurance policy and a new identity were created beforehand.
Exactly. There is no depth below which these Round Earth fiends will stoop to. Although this argument is one that has me wondering if they may be right:
Bet he won’t have the guts to do that again.
That looks exactly like my cat, the cat from hell.
Retards usually kill themselves so it was good to see he didn’t take anyone else with him.
I guess a simply hot air balloon was just too safe for him.
“”The Flat Earth thing is like everything else to me,” Hughes told CBS News in October 2018. “I just want people to question everything. Question what your congressman is doing, your city council. Question what really happened during the Civil War. What happened during 9/11.””
Answers:
Congressman are robbing us blind while becoming multimillionare theives
The North won.
Buildings fell down due to Islamic terrorist
And, this clown is a morn who slept through elementary school!
Sadly the one thing no one did was questioned his sanity! Now an insurance company is getting rooked for covering a dumbass
“Look at me! Look at me!” I wonder if he would be satisfied with all the stupid attention he is getting today.
Well, I guess his little experiment proved one thing: At least SOME of these “Flat-Earthers” are serious about it.
Prior to this, I could never tell for certain if any of them actually believed that nonsense, or if they were just part of a giant joke; another 4Chan meme gone viral.
s/b "Daredevil and Flat Earth Moron 'Mad' Mike Hughes removes himself from the gene pool".
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