darwin award nominee

[92tide]

Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes Dies in Rocket Crash on Mission to Prove Earth Is Flat

Mike Hughes, who had described himself as the “world’s greatest daredevil,” died Saturday when the launch of his homemade rocket failed. The 64-year-old was out on a mission to prove the Earth was flat, but his steam-powered rocket crashed shortly after takeoff near Barstow, California. Journalist Justin Chapman, who was working on a profile of Hughes, captured the launch and subsequent crash in a video he posted to Twitter. “Everyone was stunned. They didn’t know what to do,” Chapman told the Los Angeles Times. “He landed about a half a mile away from the launch pad.”

 

[Jon]

Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes Dies in Rocket Crash on Mission to Prove Earth Is Flat

Watch "behind the curve" on Netflix to see the way these morons "think" it is a great lolfest.

Sad this dude died for something so fundamentally stupid though, but people die of stupid daily I suppose

 

[The Ols]

Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes Dies in Rocket Crash on Mission to Prove Earth Is Flat

OMG!!! Who is he, Lawnchair Larry's cousin???

 

[Bama 8Ball]

"steam-powered rocket" I don't know why, but I envision a steam-punk monstrosity with a smoke stack. Poor guy. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[jthomas666]

"steam-powered rocket" I don't know why, but I envision a steam-punk monstrosity with a smoke stack. Poor guy. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Evel Kneivel's rocket for his failed Snake River Canyon jump was steam powered. I suspect it's a safety and/or environmental issue, as most traditional rocket fuels can be tricky to deal with.

The video of Hughes' flight, such as it was, is online. Physics can be a *****.

 

[crimsonaudio]

"Gravity: it's not just a good idea, it's the law!"
- Adam Savage

 

[IMALOYAL1]

but was he a democrat, or republican?

 

[NationalTitles18]

but was he a democrat, or republican?

Know Nothing.

 

[Jon]

Know Nothing.

He claims to not believe in Science so I will go Republican

but if you want your brain to melt watch this

‘Mad’ Mike Hughes: I don’t believe in gravity or science | Fox Business Video

“Mad” Mike Hughes believes the Earth is flat

video.foxbusiness.com

 

[NationalTitles18]

He claims to not believe in Science so I will go Republican

but if you want your brain to melt watch this

‘Mad’ Mike Hughes: I don’t believe in gravity or science | Fox Business Video

“Mad” Mike Hughes believes the Earth is flat

video.foxbusiness.com

Good stuff.

 

[92tide]

Evel Kneivel's rocket for his failed Snake River Canyon jump was steam powered. I suspect it's a safety and/or environmental issue, as most traditional rocket fuels can be tricky to deal with.

The video of Hughes' flight, such as it was, is online. Physics can be a *****.

gravity sucks

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

My Wife and I were just talking about this weird trend the yesterday.

“The flat Earth thing is like everything else to me. I just want people to question everything. Question what your congressman is doing, your city council. Question what really happened during the Civil War. What happened during 9/11,”

It's driving me crazy

 

[Bodhisattva]

I don't think Mad Mike was able to see that the Earth is flat, but I'm quite confident he found out that the Earth is hard.

 

[MDBSnare]

I don't think Mad Mike was able to see that the Earth is flat, but I'm quite confident he found out that the Earth is hard.

and....at least Newton was right!!

 

[TexasBama]

As an added bonus, Hughes also learned about the acceleration of gravity

 

[92tide]

As an added bonus, Hughes also learned about the acceleration of gravity

that's what i would call a crash course.

 

[Bamaro]

The earth may not be flat but unfortunately he now is.

 

[Bama 8Ball]

ya'll are all going to burn!

 

[92tide]

ya'll are all going to burn!

combustion is a conspiracy

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Exclusive video footage of the incident.