According to Southern California Public Radio,
"Mad" Mike Hughes, limousine driver and self-proclaimed flat-Earther, announced that he had to delay his plan to launch himself 1,800 feet high in a rocket of his own making. The launch, which he has billed as a crucial first step toward ultimately photographing our disc-world from space, had been scheduled for Saturday — before the Bureau of Land Management got wind of the plan and barred him from using public land in Amboy, Calif.
Also, the rocket launcher he had built out of a used motor home "broke down in the driveway" on Wednesday, according to Hughes. He said in a YouTube announcement that they'd eventually gotten the launcher fixed — but the small matter of federal permission proved a more serious stumbling block (for now).
Related: Flat Earther Plans Manned Steam-Powered Rocket Launch.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 28 2017, @06:52PM
Reading other stories about this guy, he first wanted to launch his rocket but couldn't fund a kickstarter. Then he became a flat-earther and got funding through them. While its possible his conversion is legit and he actually believes that, its also possible he just found another source of funding for the rocket launches he wanted to do anyway.