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'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocket

A US daredevil has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media.

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

A video on social media shows a rocket being fired into the sky before plummeting to the ground nearby.

Hughes was well-known for his belief that the Earth was flat. He hoped to prove his theory by going to space.

Date
2020.02.23 / 14:17
Author
Axar.az
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