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Flat earth rocketeer12/14/2023 ![]() ![]() Hughes’s Facebook page is populated with a mix of fellow believers and belittling social media bullies. His worldview - that nearly everything we accept as reality is actually a smoke-and-mirrors show operated by the government - isn’t one that I subscribe to, but it was fun to talk with him about it. I spoke with Hughes last week and found him to be friendly and more than a little eccentric. The launch, set to occur in November, was mysteriously scrubbed at the last moment, prompting an undeterred Hughes to announce a new plan involving both the rocket and a very expensive balloon. The 61-year-old California limo driver is so certain in his belief that he built a rocket out of $20,000 worth of scrap metal and parts, with the intention of launching himself from the Mojave Desert to the edge of space. “Mad” Mike Hughes is convinced that the Earth is flat.
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