“It’s scary as hell, but none of us are getting out of this world alive.”
Meet Mike Hughes. His ultimate goal is to prove years and years of study and live experiments, wrong. Mike, who is a firm believer of the fact that the earth is flat, is now on a journey to prove his claim right.
Let’s call him flat Earthers, shall we?
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‘Mad’ Mike Hughes is a 61-year-old limo driver who has spent a couple of years building an indigenous steam-powered rocket in his garage. And now that he is very close to reaching his goal (at least, according to him), he took it to Facebook to make the announcement.
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Coming Saturday, Mike will climb into the front seat and self-launch the rocket.
“I don’t believe in science,” Hughes told the AP.
“I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air, about the certain size of rocket nozzles, and thrust. But that’s not science, that’s just a formula. There’s no difference between science and science fiction.”
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This rocket cost him $20,000. He has also fetched some sponsorship from a group called ‘Research Flat Earth’.
“If you’re not scared to death, you’re an idiot,” Hughes said.
“It’s scary as hell, but none of us are getting out of this world alive. 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.”
Mad Mike Hughes
He’s already uploaded videos of the launch and had even tried launching himself back in 2014 where he threw himself up in the air, some 1,374 feet.
The coming launch will available live on “Internet PPV”.
Hughes said. “Anything can be done. You just have to put enough money, time, and thought into it.”
Let’s hope that the guy makes it safe and sound… Somehow.
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