Crazy Flat Earther Kills Himself In Failed Rocket Launch

The Deep State strikes!

Barstow? He’s better off this way.

“When God made Mike, He broke the mold.” Thank you, God.

Hilarious! Even Stevie Wondet saw that coming.

What a TARD!

Stevie and the Wondettes

🎶 Shoot! My ‘Chute!

“Saturday's launch was reportedly filmed as part of Homemade Astronauts, a new TV series about amateur rocket makers to be aired on the US Science Channel. The project had to be carried out on a tight budget.”

I’m assuming each new episode ends in about the same way.

How do you design a rocket that’s supposed to prove the earth is flat, when the physics needed to build such a rocket assumes a more-or-less spherical earth?

Clearly he did not have the physics needed.

Clearly, his beliefs had quite an impact.

Well??? Is the earth flat? I’m gonna guess the area of impact is now more of a crater.

Let's congratulate our latest Darwin Award winner. Posthumously.

"Mad Mike Hughes just launched himself in a self-made steam-powered rocket and crash landed. Very likely did not survive."

If he weren't past likely child-procreation age, I'd say this was pure Darwinism at work. (Although he was "only" 64, which is the same as 44 on DL).

Darwin award nominee! Actually, he should get a lifetime achievement award.

Fortunately you mean.

And all this science I don't understand

It's just my job five days a week

A rocket man, a rocket man

Sad. I want dumb science-denying people to learn their lesson, but not quite like this.

He certainly didn't stick the landing.

One less science denier.

Never buy from Acme.

I don’t understand. He strapped himself to/into a rocket. Suppose the earth WERE flat. How exactly did he plan to survive?

Looks old enough to have bred already - too bad.

Speaking of FLAT!

What a stupid moron to not even put an ejection device in the rocket, or a parachute to allow the thing to come back down safely.

[quote]r11 Well??? Is the earth flat?

I believe there's proof his head/face are now flat.

But what was on his iPod?

r4 is the Cliché Bot. Why does this thing post here (or anywhere)? What would data scientists possibly learn from deploying bots that just regurgitate bumper sticker phrases and clichés?

r20, the word 'less' is only used to modify plural nouns. Few/fewer/fewest is used to modify singular nouns. If you're going to attempt to communicate in English, try to get a handle on some of the basics.

[QUOTE] stupid moron

Oh, dear…

Hiss.

HISSSS!!!!!!

Darwin wept.

The people who helped him in this fool endeavor are just as dumb as him. They should all be arrested.

He was trying to reach an altitude of 5000 ft.

A hot air balloonist surpassed that altitude back in 1783 and now they've gone much, much higher. Airplanes cruise at 35,000 ft. Was buying a plane ticket too simple?

He could have taken a plane from Barstow to Bakersfield and gotten a better view.

R34, you're assuming basic functional logic about how things work that clearly was not present.

I do agree that the film crew that egged him on should be charged with something like depraved indifference, even if the end result was a slight improvement to humanity's gene pool.

I'm still unclear about how he expected to land after takeoff. Other than in a flaming wreck, I mean.

The Flat Earth Society has members around the world. He was one of them.

Barstow? Must've been bats that took him down.

Too bad he didn't take more science-deniers with him.

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During the take off the parachute decided to remain behind. Oops!

I saw someone speculate on Twitter that he was just using the flat-earthers to raise money for his hobbies, and it kind of makes sense. It seems like he was a serious daredevil long before he started talking about that stuff. He had a gofundme for one of his rocket projects and didn't earn nearly enough, but later when he declared it was intended to prove the flat earth theory, all the crazies started donating and he raised more than his goal.

I stumbled onto this jaw dropping live broadcast. It completely embodies the stupidity and disconnect from reality, of the victim and his followers, just amazing.

I bet he's REALLY mad now.

Love this comment from the video @ R44: "He died the way he lived, flat."

[quote]Well??? Is the earth flat?

Only the part he crashed into.

I noticed a few of the comments on the live broadcast called out a creepy lack of compassion/emotion after the crash. If you dug into the psychology of people attracted to something like this, you'd discover that for them, death wasn't just a possible outcome. It's why they came. That also applies to the sponsor of the debacle, Science Channel.

A “steam-powered rocket?” What, was the Amish coal-based missile unavailable?

[quote]'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocket

Not too long after, I'm guessing.

Isn't the "crazy" in the thread title redundant?

are we sure there was actually someone in there? could be a hoax or he needed to fake his own death ;)