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MidEngineManiac
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FEB 23, 12:16 PM
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Crashing into it is a bad idea.
5,000 feet? He could have got there in a Cessna for 100 bucks.
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williegoat
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FEB 23, 12:31 PM
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"Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his
steam-powered rocket
shortly after take-off near Barstow on Saturday.
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What could go wrong?  [This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 02-23-2020).]
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MadMark
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FEB 23, 01:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
What could go wrong?
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Hold my beer.
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olejoedad
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FEB 23, 11:33 PM
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He was round when he went up.....then something just flat went wrong.
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maryjane
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FEB 24, 03:39 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
He was round when he went up.....then something just flat went wrong. |
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Not 'flat' went wrong...more of a concave shape.... Parachute deployed immediately after launch, was torn loose from the rocket and there was nothing to slow him down as he plummeted to a very round Earth..from about 2000' ft up.
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Fats
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FEB 24, 12:06 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by MidEngineManiac:
Crashing into it is a bad idea.
5,000 feet? He could have got there in a Cessna for 100 bucks. |
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Paying a hundred bucks for a plane ride doesn't get media attention. 
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olejoedad
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FEB 24, 01:30 PM
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Steam powered rocket?
Wouldn't that be like......... 'steamkaplunk'
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TheDigitalAlchemist
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FEB 24, 02:23 PM
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Awwww. sad news, was rootin' for the guy.
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