[Xist]

A man launched himself in a self-made rocket 1,875 feet above the desert to try and prove his theory that the Earth is flat.

A man named “Mad Mike” Hughes launched himself in a self-made rocket to help prove his belief that the Earth is flat. Hughe’s rocket soared 1,875 feet off the ground end ended in a hard landing. Hughes, who launched his rocket near Amboy, California, pulled two parachutes while falling back to Earth. He called the result a “hard landing” and told the AP “I’ll feel it in the morning.” Mad Mike Acknowledged his rocket launch was dangerous, telling the AP “This thing wants to kill you 10 different ways.” It was not his first attempt at launching himself into space to prove his theory that the Earth is flat. Paramedics met Hughes after he plunged back to Earth—he was injured, but the type and severity of the injuries are unclear. “Do I believe the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee? I believe it is. Do I know for sure? No. That’s why I want to go up in space,” he told the AP. He hopes to one day build a balloon that will take him 68 miles up to space.