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Man Killed in ‘Rocket Crash’ in Desert in Barstow [CA]
ktla ^ | 02/22/2020

Posted on 02/22/2020 6:58:34 PM PST by BenLurkin

A man died in what authorities described as a rocket crash in the desert in Barstow on Saturday afternoon.

The deadly crash was reported just before 2 p.m. on a private property along Highway 247, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a written statement. "A man was pronounced deceased after the rocket crashed in the open desert during a rocket launch event," the statement said. Medical help was already on-site, but the pilot could not be saved.

Authorities did not identity the pilot pending positive identification by coroner's officials. Witnesses and news reports indicted the launch was an event hosted by local daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes, an amateur rocket builder intent on proving that the Earth is flat.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: australia; california; darwinaward; flatearth; flatearther; flatmikesociety; madmikehughes; michaelhughes; mikehughes; rocket; science
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To: BenLurkin

With all the meth labs out there blowing up, surprise anyone noticed this.......

Anyone that has spent any time in Barsotw knows what an armpit it is. Bikers and drug makers.


61 posted on 02/22/2020 9:54:42 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Yup. ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’


62 posted on 02/22/2020 9:57:58 PM PST by CTyank
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To: CTyank

Funniest book I’ve ever read! LOL


63 posted on 02/22/2020 9:58:43 PM PST by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: cloudmountain

I was stationed there at the Marine Corps Supply Center at Barstow in the early 70s. It is the west coast supply center and Repair facility for everything except aircraft. Dry desert climate makes for good storage conditions. Not much there then, the town, the bars, the Goldstone bar, and there was a girl behind every tree for young single Marines. Nothing as exciting as that went on when I was there. A lot of dumbassery here and there but no Wiley Coyotes launching themselves into the desert floor.


64 posted on 02/22/2020 9:59:41 PM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: BenLurkin
Everyone who helped and supported this guy can pat themselves on the back today. Including, but not limited to ...

The incident may have been filmed for a new TV show, Homemade Astronauts, which is set to launch on the Discovery Chanel sometime in 2020

65 posted on 02/22/2020 10:04:55 PM PST by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: RJS1950

I was born in Barstow, lived there till 1971.


66 posted on 02/22/2020 10:29:25 PM PST by TruthWillWin
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To: BenLurkin

Looked more like he shot himself out of a cannon than a rocket launch. And he went all splatty anyhow.

It happens.


67 posted on 02/22/2020 11:48:58 PM PST by mmercier0921 (free falling)
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To: BenLurkin

Looked more like he shot himself out of a cannon than a rocket launch. And he went all splatty anyhow.

It happens.


68 posted on 02/22/2020 11:48:59 PM PST by mmercier0921 (free falling)
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To: Falconspeed

Space Shuttle is a close second to the glorious SR-71.


69 posted on 02/23/2020 12:08:30 AM PST by deadrock
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To: BenLurkin

Friend of mine introduced me to an app named Flipboard. Still not sure if I like it or not. Has various links with headers of Politics, Crime, Aviation, News, plus several others. The user selects which ones. For some unknown reason this story is under the header of Comedy.


70 posted on 02/23/2020 12:29:43 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: ConservativeMind

The parachute designed to drop him down gently to the ground was deployed at the beginning of his ascent. If it was able to snap off the rocket at lift off speed, it certainly would not have stayed on during the descent. What caused the premature parachute deployment? Who designed the parachute?


71 posted on 02/23/2020 12:45:39 AM PST by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: BenLurkin

Not sure if he ever got high enough to see that the Earth isn’t flat, but he certainly learned, quite literally the hard way, that gravity (something else he didn’t believe in) is in fact very real.


72 posted on 02/23/2020 1:58:14 AM PST by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: BenLurkin

Where were all the protesters trying to save him from himself? Wasn’t there even one? I thought there were all kinds of nuts showing up to his events. The creeps got what they were there for.


73 posted on 02/23/2020 4:01:23 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: BenLurkin

Winner winner chicken dinner! Congrats to “Madd Mike” and his undisputed early win of the 2020 Darwin Award. He left this world in the form that he saw it ;-)


74 posted on 02/23/2020 4:58:52 AM PST by 7thOF7th (Righteousness is our cause and justice will prevail!)
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To: ArtDodger
If he was ‘proving man made global climate change’ his supporters would ignore this little set back and throw more money at his endeavors.
75 posted on 02/23/2020 5:12:12 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

That’s because Barstow is the stop off point of people driving to Vegas. And yes, that McDonald’s is always packed!


76 posted on 02/23/2020 6:06:04 AM PST by sheana
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To: BenLurkin
Sure looks flat out there.


77 posted on 02/23/2020 6:13:18 AM PST by McGruff
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.space.com/daredevil-mad-mike-hughes-dies-in-homemade-rocket-launch.html


78 posted on 02/23/2020 6:59:32 AM PST by Rio
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To: dfwgator

He was flat in the end, so I guess the Earth was flat right where he hit.


79 posted on 02/23/2020 8:32:10 AM PST by GingisK
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To: dfwgator

He proved something; he’s not so hot on theory.


80 posted on 02/23/2020 10:59:55 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist.I'm white.Does that mean I'm racist?)
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