So, a few years later we have the predictable ending.
'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocket
Could have saved himself by getting on a commercial flight, but then again he was more interested in being a budget version of Evel Knievel than really attempting to prove the Earth is flat. Maybe Musk will send his ashes up on a SpaceX rocket out of respect for a fellow rocketeer, and also for a bit of irony (look what you would have seen).
'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocket
With the help of his partner Waldo Stakes, Hughes was trying to reach an altitude of 5,000ft (1,525m) while riding his steam-powered rocket,
Could have saved himself by getting on a commercial flight, but then again he was more interested in being a budget version of Evel Knievel than really attempting to prove the Earth is flat. Maybe Musk will send his ashes up on a SpaceX rocket out of respect for a fellow rocketeer, and also for a bit of irony (look what you would have seen).
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