Home Made Rocket Man

[Ozzie Dave]

Well unfortunately we are not all proved wrong, but I'm sure its a conspiracy to ensure we dont get to know the truth.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51602655
I'm not sure the worlds like a frisbee, I'm more likely to believe its on a turtle with 4 elephants on it.

[GTO-3R]

I've seen the video on twitter and whilst you don't "see" anything, it's pretty obvious what happens and it's pretty grim

Rather than go up in a rocket, I'm not sure why he didn't just walk up a hill/mountain to reach the same height and prove his point...

[Eric Mc]

It's called "Being mad".

[thebraketester]

He was shot down by NASA, in fear of him proving the earth is flat.

[Simpo Two]

'"Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his steam-powered rocket shortly after take-off near Barstow on Saturday.'

That reads like an HG Wells story!

[Europa1]

[ahem] https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[anonymous-user]

Simpo Two said:

crash-landed

That makes it sound like he was somewhat in control, when in reality, he just went up, and came straight back down again! Gravity is a cruel mistress......

[Simpo Two]

Max_Torque said:

Simpo Two said:

crash-landed

That makes it sound like he was somewhat in control, when in reality, he just went up, and came straight back down again! Gravity is a cruel mistress......

Yep. Simpo's Sixth Law: 'Newton always wins'.

[Beati Dogu]

He has this year's Darwin Award tied up and it's only February.

[AshVX220]

Beati Dogu said:

He has this year's Darwin Award tied up and it's only February.

He was 64 (I think), so presume he's got kids, hence no award for him.

[Olas]

Parachute failure - Rocket Man
Is not a contender for Darwin awards. If
Your brakes fail causing you to crash and die does
That make you a Darwin contender?

[Beati Dogu]

He wasn’t really a flat earthier. He just said that to get funding for his rocket after a previous fund raiser failed. Junk science is where the money is at these days it seems.

[Simpo Two]

Olas said:

Parachute failure - Rocket Man
Is not a contender for Darwin awards. If
Your brakes fail causing you to crash and die does
That make you a Darwin contender?

Faulty logic. There is a bit of difference between going to the shops in a car, and trying to get to 5,000 feet in a home-made rocket powered by steam.

[Nexus Icon]

He certainly made the earth a bit flatter when he came back down.

[TellYaWhatItIs]

What an idiot. What did he think he was going to achieve when as said, he could observe what he wanted to see much easier and safely.

He's not exactly a modern day Auguste Picard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Piccard