ADDS NO SALES - In this Saturday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2020, photo "Mad" Mike Hughes rocket takes off, with what appears to be a parachute tearing off during its launch near Barstow, Calif. Hughes, a California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is flat or round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth. "Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, was killed on Saturday after his rocket crashed.
A video on TMZ.com showed the rocket taking off, with what appears to be a parachute tearing off during the launch. The steam-powered rocket streaks upward, then takes around 10 seconds to fall straight back to earth. Shrieks can be heard as the rocket plows into the desert. “This thing wants to kill you 10 different ways,” Hughes said after that launch. “This thing will kill you in a heartbeat.”
Definitely more mental illness than daredevil. But his death is obviously a hit job by QAnon working with the deep state to prevent you from knowing the truth.
It appears his parachutes opened but not good enough to slow his decent enough! The post I saw showed He landed hard! He was awake, alert talking & directing caution about his back as they lifted him out of the cockpit! Appears briefly survived impact! Rocket up great! Decent bad
He couldn't handle the facts
After proving the Earth was flat, his next goal was to fly a rocket to the sun, to prove that it was also flat. When asked how he would handle the intense heat, he said 'simple, I'll go at night.
Dean Potter, Kyle Lee Stocking, Lim Ba, James E Hickey, Sailendra Nath Roy, Gigi Wu, Audrey Mestre, Todd Green and Mad Mike Hughes. Look em up. Daredevils who died while performing ‘death defying’ stunts. When will sane people clamor for the government to stop this insanity?
He's flat now
Sounds like a trump voter to me.
Hahahahahaha! flatearthers
A true testimony to the real nature of belief. Act as if it was true and accept fatal outcome if it is not. Like we did when we voted for Trump. Were we ever wrong. And now (and forever?) we are paying the price.
Give that man a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Possible clues that something might go wrong: Dude’s name: Mad Mike? Homemade rocket! Self-styled daredevil? Launched himself! California.
Well, Earth is definitely flat, as pizza…
Darwin would be proud
A man dies and twitter doesn’t disappoint. Cruel and heartless as usual.
Well 💁♂️ Natural selection i guess 🤣
Natural selection
He is a flat earther!! Can we just call dumb out?! Please!!!!!
He flat-lined?
Guess he proved his point of view Must have looked that way
Who cares
RIP just saw his Tosh.o episode
Fake hoax, he’s still alive.
Why did he not do his experiment over the ocean. Maybe he could not swim.
Um. He was not a daredevil, he was a flat earther trying to prove his cockamamie ideas.
All could have been avoided if only he watched Looney Tunes.
Sad and senseless! RIP
I lmao at stupid. 😜😜🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣
That’s what happens when you don’t science.
He left a huge impact.
absolute legend
You forgot flat earther.. he was trying to prove the earth was flat.. he proved gravity is a thing.. a win for
And the Darwin Award goes to...
He must have thought it was in his genes because of his last name. Any connection to Hughes Aircraft?
At least he was motivated to search for answers instead of repeating the standard drivel. There should be respect for the sanctity of life regardless. (I'm a physicist and in no way support the FE movement.)
Turns out the earth is round and Mad Mike was flat.
The 'Wrong Stuff '
If he would have just believed in science. And pictures, pictures would have helped.
Now he’s flat
RIP Rocketman
Dam those cheap ACME rockets!
He didnt believe in Science 🧬 🌏, and evidently Science 🧪 didn’t believe in him... Darwinism
This is only funny if he crashed into a mountain top that wasn't visible on the other side of the horizon...
Nobody seems to have a video of the flight and crash. 😗😙😚☺
He died trying to prove something he believed in. Not only that, but he built a manned rocket to do so. He might have been wrong, but, at least, he put his all into figuring it out. Rest in peace, you 'Mad' man... 🚀
one less wack job
He never got around to proving the Earth is flat, but he damn sure proved it’s hard.
Thin line between brilliance and madness.
His partner must face min 1 year for not reporting to authorities.
Well that plan fell flat...
Not quite enough power to get over the edge.
Hello McFly ever heard of the National Geographic channel?
Darwin is always busy.
What can be said? He had more money than commonsense.
Flat Earther meets flat Earth.
What was he mad about?
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