"Mad" Mike Hughes plans to ascend to 1800 feet in a $20,000 steam-powered rocket.
He has flown in rockets before, mostly successfully, but was injured by the acceleration.
Despite that he claims "science is science fiction", he used documented engineering formulas because they are known to work, despite that the science behind them is bogus.
It will be live-streamed on Hughes' YouTube channel, possibly also on Pay-Per-View.
(Score: 5, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday November 23 2017, @02:49AM (5 children)
Wow, he sounds like a real Challenger!
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday November 23 2017, @03:09AM (4 children)
More like a challenged to me, but meh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday November 23 2017, @03:15AM (3 children)
Aw, come on, man, you got the joke, didn't you?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday November 23 2017, @03:28AM
Except that he'll go up in steam, rather that in flames.
But he's no chicken...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday November 23 2017, @07:05PM (1 child)
speaking of which, does https://youtu.be/e-Xiw5VDc0c?t=50s [youtu.be] say indeed "hotter than columbia, hotter than challenger"? Lyrics I find online are borked. If so, it's quite a bingo...
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @05:08AM
I'm hearing "faster than Columbia, brighter than Challenger".