American amateur astronaut dies in rocket launch

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Michael ‘Mad Mike’ Hughes wanted to convince people they can do extraordinary things.

“Michael ‘Mad Mike’ Hughes tragically passed away today during an attempt to launch his homemade rocket,” the channel, which is part of the Discovery Channel, said on Twitter.A stuntman by profession, Hughes, 64, launched himself Saturday in a steam-powered rocket that he built in the backyard of his home in Barstow, California.His goal, he told the local press, was to ascend more than 1,500m to prove that the Earth is not round but shaped like a Frisbee.

Images of the launch, carried out in the desert in front of a crowd of horrified witnesses, circulated on social media Sunday. “It was always his dream to do this launch & Science Channel was there to chronicle his journey,” said the channel, which filmed the launch for a new series called “Homemade Astronauts.”

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Dead by falling flat on his face. Mission accomplished.

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