FLAT EARTH — Remember Mad Mike Hughes? Of course not, why would you.<br /><br />A few months ago, Mike made headlines over the flat Earth when he tried to raise money to launch himself in a homemade steam powered rocket a mile across the Mojave Desert.<br /><br />The plan was to shoot himself high enough to see that the Earth is just a disc. Unfortunately, paperwork and mechanical failures stopped the November launch from happening. <br /><br />Mike went back to the drawing board and redesigned his rocket and now says he's good to go on February 3. <br /><br />The plan is to fly straight up for a third of a mile and then let gravity take over. But does gravity really exist? <br />Hughes eventually says he wants to shoot himself up 52 miles in the air by year's end to see for himself the shape of the Earth. <br /><br />He says it'll cost him $2 million for the hot-air balloon, rocket pack and space suit to get him to his vantage point. <br />Maybe Mike should hit up Kyrie Irving or J.J. "I don't believe in dinosaurs" Reddick for the cash.
