“He was working on a TV show, Homemade Astronauts, when his craft crashed in the California desert,” reports NBC. Four different Slashdot readers shared the news.
NBC News reports:
Daredevil “Mad” Mike Hughes died Saturday when a homemade rocket he was attached to launched but quickly dove to earth in the California desert.
The stunt was apparently part of a forthcoming television show, “Homemade Astronauts,” that was scheduled to debut later this year on Discovery Inc.’s Science Channel. Discovery confirmed the 64-year-old’s death in a statement. “It was always his dream to do this launch, and Science Channel was there to chronicle his journey,” the company said…
In 2018, he successfully launched himself about 1,875 feet into the sky above the Mojave desert via a garage-made rocket. His landing that year was softened when he deployed a parachute.
In social media video of Saturday’s accident, a parachute-like swath of fabric can be seen flying away from the rocket shortly after blast-off.
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