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."
No, he couldn't -- that information has been freely available since the 1950s at least. He was so sure the Earth is flat that he just waved his hand at facts. Paranoia? He couldn't get enough.
It’s easy enough to find it.
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=Hughes+Mad+mike+CBS+News+October+2018
Too bad his belief in the flat earth led to his death
Oh pass the tin foil
The man died due to his own ignorance
Nicely played
Thanks DR. He had a grueling few final seconds in which he realized he had no chute and was going to die.
Don’t know, we haven’t dug down far enough. See it here, the 2018 segment:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-flat-earth-movement-a-society-of-disbelievers-in-scientific-fact/
Oh no, the Round Earther Cabal is not supposed to be mentioned in a public thread!!! Of course, theirs a Flat Earther Cabal as well, if you go to the crash site you can probably see a couple of Flat Earther Cabals.
“What was the speed at the end of his trajectory?”
Zero.
Well, I enjoyed it. :^D
And the reason he just didn’t go up in an Aircraft to take pictures?
Have you ruled out stupidity?
He is now the founding member of the Flat Mike Society.
And the Mike Drop! LOL!
The current results at your LIveleak link:
poll: Is Earth flat?
Yes votes: 94
Earth doesn’t exist votes: 253
No votes: 436
I’m guessing that “Mad” Mike was not a data driven kind of a guy.
Latest ‘Flat Earth’ theory says Australia is FAKE - and if you think you’ve been there, you’re wrong
The Daily Mirror | Jeff Parsons
Posted on 06/30/2018 11:50:32 AM PDT by Simon Green
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3667327/posts
Depends, maybe he christened his vessel the "Data". :^)
They’re gonna have to dig him up to bury him.
Birds fly. Men drink.
DARWIN wins again
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