Flat Earther Launches Himself Into Space On A Homemade Rocket At Approximately One Million Miles Per Hour
Source - Mike Hughes, a California man who is most known for his belief that the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee, finally blasted off into the sky in a steam-powered rocket he had built himself.
The 61-year-old limo driver and daredevil-turned-rocket-maker soared about 1,875 feet above the Mojave Desert on Saturday afternoon, the Associated Press reported. Hughes’s white-and-green rocket, bearing the words “FLAT EARTH,” propelled vertically about 3 p.m. Pacific time and reached a speed of about 350 mph, Waldo Stakes, who has been helping Hughes, told the AP. Hughes deployed two parachutes while landing, the second one just moments before he plopped down not far from his launching point.
After he landed Saturday, Hughes told the AP that he was “relieved” but that he expected to feel the physical toll of it all the next day.
“Am I glad I did it? Yeah. I guess. I’ll feel it in the morning. I won’t be able to get out of bed,” he said. “At least I can go home and have dinner and see my cats tonight.”
He also said he’d been frustrated with assumptions that he “chickened out,” so he “manned up and did it.”
Hughes had been on a mission to prove that the Earth is flat and that NASA astronauts such as John Glenn and Neil Armstrong were merely paid actors performing in front of a computer-generated image of a round globe.
His previous failed attempts, as well as the successful one on Saturday, are all part of his ultimate goal to propel himself at least 52 miles above Earth by the end of the year — and to prove once and for all that the planet is flat.Also among Hughes’s plans — aside from trying to get to space — is to run for governor.
Congratulations to Mike Hughes on the successful launch! Feits wrote about this guy back in November when he initially planned to launch himself into space but ended up postponing it due to a lack of testicles. He chickened out again in February after “the weather” prevented the rocket from igniting. So I’m glad he finally made it off the ground. Granted, he only made it 1,875 feet as opposed to the projected fifty-two miles but it’s impressive nonetheless. He’ll go down in history as the slightly more successful, slightly less intelligent version of Johnny Knoxville.
With less injuries too, pretty impressive considering he got launched at THREE-HUNDRED-FIFTY MILES PER HOUR and somehow didn’t get injured. He’s not even going to miss dinner with his cats.
“Am I glad I did it? Yeah. I guess. I’ll feel it in the morning. I won’t be able to get out of bed,” he said. “At least I can go home and have dinner and see my cats tonight.”
I kept hoping waiting for the rocket to explode but it just never did. I wrote him off before I even started the video. Nothing about the Buzz Lightyear color scheme and Saving Silverman style van set up made it seem like this would work out. But it did. Perfectly. He went up….
High.
And then gracefully floated down.
Sure, he proved nothing and wasted his entire life savings but he’s alive and happy and that’s what matters. I can’t wait to see all the data he was able record when he was up there. Hopefully he got some good stuff. Anyways, congrats to Mike and here’s to hoping he enjoys retirement. Oh, and best of luck on the gubernatorial race. You’re going to need it.