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(23,140 posts) Mon Feb 24, 2020, 03:14 PM Feb 2020

'Mad' Mike Hughes dies in rocket crash trying to prove Earth is flat [View all]

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

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'Mad' Mike Hughes dies in rocket crash trying to prove Earth is flat [View all] ffr Feb 2020 OP

And hard. gibraltar72 Feb 2020 #1

In fairness to Mad Mike... Girard442 Feb 2020 #2

A smart man never uses his own money to commit suicide. Kaleva Mar 2020 #10

Trying out for Space Force? louis-t Feb 2020 #3

Idiot. There are tons of other ways to prove that the earth is round. He could have easily... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #4

Yeah but he could build almost functioning steam rockets. How many people can do that? marble falls Feb 2020 #5

Still, he killed himself over a ridiculous belief...lack of common sense, perhaps? SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #7

Mad Mike's famous last words, "Who the fuck needs Science?" world wide wally Feb 2020 #6

Natural Selection Soxfan58 Feb 2020 #8

Darwin's Little Helpers(TM) hard at work. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2020 #9