It ’s “ unbalanced ” Mike Hughes ’ public , and we ’re all living in it . The ego - proclaimedflat - Eartherwho " does n’t consider in scientific discipline " has failed in his latest bid to launch himself into the sky on his homemade garden rocket , meaning we ’re gon na have to wait a small longer to discover out Earth is n’t pear-shaped .
Hughes hadplanned to launchhis rocket on Saturday , February 3 , from near Amboy in California , with a alive stream capturing the action . However , after 11 instant on the digs , he ring the launching off , cite a faulty stamp or actuator as a potential issue .
“ So the only matter I know to do , I hate to let down everybody , it ’s the last thing I want to do is climb out the thing , I ’m ready , ” Hughes said in a somewhat rambling YouTube video . “ I did the best I could do . ”
Hughes shot to stardom inNovember 2017when he announced he would be launch himself in his skyrocket ( again ) , this time emblazoned with “ RESEARCH FLAT EARTH ” branding to prove Earth is flat . He has build the steam - power rocket himself for just $ 20,000 , he exact . On launching , he ’ll travel about 1.6 kilometers ( 1 naut mi ) from the pad , at speeds of up to 800 kilometer ( 500 miles ) per hour .
It ’s estimated he ’ll go to a pinnacle of a few hundred measure , far scant of blank space itself ( 100 kilometers or 62 nautical mile up ) and not quite high enough to see much of Earth ’s curvature ; you could see a lot more from a passenger honey oil . Hughes take note the garden rocket need to get high enough for him to deploy a chute and contribute him back safely to Earth , which is one of the reasons the launching was postponed .
Hughes launched before in 2014 , when intense G - force and a somewhat shoddy parachute caused quite bad injuries . That has n’t deter him from sample again , though , and he even wants to try and progress to a summit of 110 kilometers ( 68 statute mile ) – actual space – at some point in the time to come .
Obviously , if you ’re set up in a homemade rocket , you probably require everything to be in make for order to avoid serious accidental injury . That did n’t seem to be the character on Saturday , but Hughes will try again – although he noted he had to be “ in courtroom Tuesday as I ’m suing the regulator . ”
“ I ’m only just one man , ” sound out Mike .
“ Proud of you Mike , ” answer the meek crowd of a dozen or so . “ You did your better . ”
What a weird world we go in .
