In 2016, Hughes launched a failed fundraising attempt for a rocket that raised $310. 'Over the next couple years', Hughes began telling interviewers that he believed the earth was “Frisbee-shaped,” and that he wanted to go up in a rocket to make sure.įlat-Earth rocket fundraising and launch There was no video of Hughes entering the rocket and there were doubts that he was in it when it launched.

Hughes stated that the injuries suffered from the flight put him in a walker for two weeks. According to CBC News, Hughes collapsed after the landing and it took him three days to recover. Rocket launches 2014 launch Īccording to the Associated Press, Hughes built his first crewed rocket on January 30, 2014, and flew 1,374 feet (419 m) in just over one minute over Winkelman, Arizona.

Īt the time of his death, Hughes had no close relatives, and lived by himself in Apple Valley, California. He stated during an interview with the Associated Press in 2018 that he had planned to run for Governor of California. In 2002, Hughes set a Guinness World Record with a 103-foot (31 m) jump in a Lincoln Town Car stretch limousine. He soon acquired an interest in motorcycle racing. Hughes spent his childhood in Oklahoma City. Although a public promoter of the flat Earth model, following his death his public relations representative said that Hughes had only used flat Earth as a PR stunt to acquire funding for his rockets. He died on February 22, 2020, while filming a stunt for an upcoming Science Channel television series.

Michael Hughes (Febru– February 22, 2020), popularly known as ' Mad' Mike Hughes, was an American limousine driver, professed flat-Earther, and daredevil known for flying in self-built steam rockets.

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