'Mad' Mike Hughes dies in rocket crash trying to prove Earth is flat

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A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth.

“Mad” Mike Hughes was killed on Saturday afternoon after his rocket crashed on private property near Barstow, California. - Marketwatch

MAGA

[gibraltar72]

1. And hard.

[Girard442]

2. In fairness to Mad Mike...

...I think he was more likely scamming the Flat-Earthers to get money to build his rocket.

[Kaleva]

10. A smart man never uses his own money to commit suicide.

[louis-t]

3. Trying out for Space Force?

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Idiot. There are tons of other ways to prove that the earth is round. He could have easily...

chosen one of these alternative methods to figure that the earth is round. IMHO, if someone is dumb enough to believe this (the earth is flat), then they deserve the crap that they do to themselves, unfortunately, and as long as they don't hurt others in their feeble attempts.

[marble falls]

5. Yeah but he could build almost functioning steam rockets. How many people can do that?

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Still, he killed himself over a ridiculous belief...lack of common sense, perhaps?

[world wide wally]

6. Mad Mike's famous last words, "Who the fuck needs Science?"

[Soxfan58]

8. Natural Selection

The smart survive.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Darwin's Little Helpers(TM) hard at work. nt