BLAST OFF: Man plans weekend trip in homemade rocket
Thursday, November 23, 2017
LIFTOFF: Mike Hughes says he'll reach space in his homemade rocket Saturday if he survives it.
A man who believes the Earth is flat is going to launch himself in a homemade rocket.
Mike Hughes is a limo driver and a self-taught rocket scientist.
He built a rocket out of salvage parts in his garage and set a launch date for Saturday.
He plans to fly over a small ghost town in California.
If he survives, he'll attempt to reach space, he says.
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