Self - declare Flat Earth research worker and DIY steam rocket enthusiast “ sore ” Mike Hughes has finally managed to prove the haters wrong about his power to boom himself some 1,875 feet into the sky without being crushed or scalded to death , the Associated Press reportedon Sunday .
After the nonstarter of two premature attempts to found his steam - power arugula with “ RESEARCH FLAT solid ground ” emblazon on the side — first due tomeddling government bureaucratsand then due tounspecified proficient problems — Hughes finally managed to take off on Saturday from the Mojave Desert spectre town of Amboy , California . Video of the launching post byAP freelancer Matt Hartmancaptured the momentthe rocket took off , which seemed to take looker-on by surprise , including a nearby group of boys who appeared to be idly throw rocks into a bigger tidy sum of rocks .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UAHORcbvvQ
Here ’s video from another slant shot by Amboy township coach Carlos Aceves , as well as footage of Hughes being draw out from the arugula by paramedics , viaRoute 66 News :
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After the Bureau of Land Management veto his first attempt for a flight path that would have taken him over public estate , Hughes modified his skyrocket to use an improvised vertical launching political program . Per the AP , helperWaldo Stakessaid that they were only able to get the steam rocket to 340 psi or else of the plan 350 psi , but get onward with the launch anyway because Hughes wanted to avoid yet another failed effort and dispel rumors he was n’t actually on circuit board a premature rocket hemanaged to establish in 2014 . bet guess the swiftness at 350 mph .
Hughes told the AP that outside of an hurt back , he was fine and felt “ relieved ” the rocket launching was over .
“ I ’m tired of people saying I chickened out and did n’t work up a rocket salad , ” he added . “ I ’m threadbare of that stuff . I manned up and did it … This affair need to wipe out you 10 different ways . This thing will kill you in a pulsation . ”
“ Am I glad I did it ? ” Hughes reason out . “ Yeah . I guess . I ’ll feel it in the dayspring . I wo n’t be able to get out of bed . At least I can go home and have dinner and see my cat-o'-nine-tails tonight . ”
Whatever calculations Hughes , who does not “ believe in science , ” performed are not a matter of public phonograph record . But the 350 mph appraisal , accurate or not , is definitely fast enough to fix bragging rights .
The AP note the triumphant rocketeer ’s future architectural plan include building a “ Rockoon , ” which sound like anair - establish rocketthat involve a balloon instead of a plane and is manifestly intended to get him high enough into the aviation to test his Flat Earth theory ( 68 land mile , well above the breathable atmosphere and the Armstrong Limit where all bodily fluidswould boil awayin an unpressurized environment ) . Also he ’s gon na run for regulator , because sure enough , whatever .
[ Associated Press / Route 66 News ]
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