He hadn't banked on the effect of G-forces and collapsed after landing and took three days to recover. In 2014 he built and launched a rocket which he jumped on in Winkelman, Arizona, and traveled 1,374 feet. Thankfully, he is not a complete neophyte in the matter of rockets. “I want to inspire others - and you have to do something incredible to get anybody’s attention,” Hughes is reported as saying. He cobbled together the money to build his own steam-powered rocket, found aluminum in metal shops and built the rocket nozzle from an aircraft air filter. I’m a walking reality show.”Īs a limo driver he earns $15 plus tips an hour. I like to do extraordinary things that no one else can do, and no one in the history of mankind has designed, built and launched himself in his own rocket. “It’s scary as hell, but none of us are getting out of this world alive. “If you’re not scared to death, you’re an idiot,” “Mad” Mike Hughes told AP. The rocket-build project cost $20,000, including Rust-Oleum paint to decorate it with the words “Research Flat Earth”, and a motor home he bought for $1,500 on Craigslist, to which he has attached his launch pad. The self-taught rocket scientist has spent years building a steam-powered rocket from salvage parts in his garage, Associated Press has reported. Let’s not worry about details or science you gotta admire self-belief, someone who makes the dream happen. In so many ways, this is a parable for our times. Mike Hughes, a 61-year old limo driver from Apple Valley, California, is planning to launch his home-made rocket 1,800 feet high over the Mojave Desert on Saturday, in a bid to prove the earth is flat.
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