Daredevil 'Mad' Mike Hughes Dead at 64 After Rocket Crash Landing
'Mad' Mike Hughes is believed to be dead after crash landing in a self-made rocket he launched himself in.
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Daredevil and flat earther Mad Mike Hughes dead
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Is this the guy who swore he'd launch himself in his own rocket so he could personally "verify" that the earth is flat?
Wile E Coyote'd
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Just watched the video and this is entirely accurate
The parachute fell out at launch and everything.
How'd this guy not think he was going to end up as a skid mark in the desert?
Edit:
Just watched the video and this is entirely accurate
The parachute fell out at launch and everything.
How'd this guy not think he was going to end up as a skid mark in the desert?
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So in other words flat earthers will claim this is proof and he was silenced.
The parachute came off the rocket right away and there was no secondary parachute if the first failedDaredevil 'Mad' Mike Hughes Dead at 64 After Rocket Crash Landing
'Mad' Mike Hughes is believed to be dead after crash landing in a self-made rocket he launched himself in.
Second time I know of where someone died horribly filming a Discovery channel pilot
Yeah, even though he could probably get more altitude in a Cesna than in his dumb steam rocket
I was gonna go here, but I felt like I would catch a ban if I did.
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Flat Earther or not, that dude was a fuckin badass trying a stunt like that. Stupid, but badass. May he fly high in the next realm.
Also, that video is absolutely horrifying.
Also, that video is absolutely horrifying.
What was the first?
I can think of the flying squirrel suit guy connected to Discovery, but I don't think his was related to a pilot.
Not the first idiot to kill himself, won't be the last. Reminds me of that guy who had his wife shoot him thinking a phone book would block the bullet for those yummy youtube hits!
The part of the Earth he hit is now flat.
Not going to watch that video. Feel bad for any family he has. Dumb way to go.
Not going to watch that video. Feel bad for any family he has. Dumb way to go.
Seems a bit harsh to be making jokes about his death but it was an incredibly, incredibly stupid way to go out. Just wow.
Imagine realizing in your final moments that the one thing you thought make you unique and insightful among your peers was bogus and the mundane reality was the truth all along, seconds before crashing down into the earth
Damn, that's a shitty way to die. RIP, I feel for his family. May he look down on Earth's very curved surface from heaven
That is a fairly charitable way to frame it, people like flat-earthers erode faith in science and institutions based around science like medicine. Flat-earth, anti-vax, and climate change denial are within the same venn diagram. It's not just being incorrect, it's denying fundamental truth and promoting that denial even in the face of being proven wrong.
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What's the purpose of that parachute deploying as he's taking off? Wonder if that was the one and only parachute for his descent later on.
From that video screenshot, it looks like a cloudy ass day. So I have to assume he didn't see anything. If there were complications or mechanical problems, he probably went full panic mode. Bad way to go.
For anyone this desperate to confirm curve with your eyes you can buy a flight to 60,000 feet in a Russian fighter. It's about $14,000 if you go through some training and pilot it yourself. Not sure how much it would be as just a passenger.
Fighter canopies are designed for maximum visibility and minimum distortion so it would probably be pretty spectacular.
Fighter canopies are designed for maximum visibility and minimum distortion so it would probably be pretty spectacular.