BLAST OFF: Man plans weekend trip in homemade rocket

Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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.

Rapper B.o.B thinks Earth is flat, calls those who disagree 'sheep'

B.o.B attends the 2015 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards at the Saban Theatre on Friday, August 28, 2015 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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