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At Long Last, Flat Earth Rocketeer Finally Manages To Blast Himself Into Sky At God Knows What Speed
Self-declared Flat Earth researcher and DIY steam rocket enthusiast “Mad” Mike Hughes has finally managed to prove the haters wrong about his ability to blast himself some 571.50m into the sky without being crushed or scalded to death, the Associated Press reported on Sunday.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch went pretty well today, with the rocket’s two partially reusable Falcon 9 strap-on boosters making successful landings at Kennedy Air Force Station after jettisoning from the craft three minutes post-launch. However, the rocket’s center core did not function as founder Elon Musk and team intended, and…
Rebuffed Flat Earth Rocketeer Says He Will Actually Launch Himself Into The Sky At 800km/h This Time
When last we heard of “Mad Mike” Hughes, the 61-year-old limo driver and stuntman who planned on launching a $US20,000 ($24,947) steam-fuelled rocket with “RESEARCH FLAT EARTH” painted on the side some 550m into the air at 800km/h, the gosh darn US government had intervened to tell him he couldn’t…
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