{"id":346320,"date":"2018-02-01T13:01:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/flat-earther-to-launch-himself-into-orbit-from-ghost-town-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T13:01:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:01:30","slug":"flat-earther-to-launch-himself-into-orbit-from-ghost-town-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/flat-earther-to-launch-himself-into-orbit-from-ghost-town-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Flat-Earther to launch himself into orbit from ghost town \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.02\/thumbnail\/5a72f0d6fc7e93a6178b4567.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Flat-Earther \u2018Mad\u2019 Mike Hughes intends to finally launch himself into orbit in a homemade rocket on Saturday \u2013 right over the Route 66 ghost town of Amboy, California.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An earlier attempt to launch the steam-powered rocket was thwarted at the last minute by a US federal agency, saying Hughes had no permission to use public land.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/410926-flat-earth-rocket-launch-delayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: Launch to prove Earth is flat delayed by US govt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vertical rocket jump will now take place on private land belonging to the owner of Amboy, Albert Okura. If successful, it will bring Hughes one step closer to his ambition of reaching the edge of space and proving the Earth is actually flat.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmadmikehughes%2Fposts%2F1735982186454115%3A0&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"472\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hughes made the rocket himself from recycled scrap metal, painting it bright green with the words \u2018Flat Earth.\u2019 The rocket blast, which will see Hughes catapulted half a mile into the air, will be broadcast live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoiZeTV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noize TV<\/a> at a cost of $5 per viewer. Spectators are not permitted at the launch site and Hughes has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madmikehughes\/photos\/a.1588340104551658.1073741830.672887546096923\/1727254170660250\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warned<\/a> that any drones spotted on the private property will be shot down.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmadmikehughes%2Fvideos%2F1722855111100156%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Amboy is a \u2018living\u2019 ghost town on Route 66 \u2013 it has no running water, limited electricity but is home to four residents. It was bought by Okura in 2005 for $435,000 \u2013 a whopping drop from the $1.2 million price tag placed on it a couple of years earlier. <em>\u201cIt has to be destiny,\u201d<\/em> Okura told RT.com of the price drop.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m a native Californian and I had never heard of it,\u201d<\/em> Okura admitted. However, the town\u2019s secret status has changed thanks to social media boosting a revival in the popularity of Route 66, not to mention increased interest over the impending rocket jump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/405678-flat-earth-theory-space-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: \u2018Nice try, Earth is flat\u2019: Conspiracy theorists can\u2019t handle first ever 360 space video<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okura \u2013 who founded the Juan Pollo restaurant chain\u00a0\u2013 met Hughes, a limousine driver, several years ago at a car show. While everyone else unsurprisingly turned up with cars, Hughes showed up with a rocket. Impressed with what he saw, and encouraged by a successful rocket launch Hughes made in Arizona in 2014, Okura told RT.com he was happy to have him blast over Amboy.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s confident Mad Mike will pull off the rocket jump without any hitches and hopes the feat will bring even more fame to the once-forgotten town:<em> \u201cIf he\u2019s successful we&#8217;ll be known as \u2018rocket town.\u2019 It will be the most famous day in the history of Amboy.\u201d<\/em> The icing on the cake would be a tweet from Trump about the real <em>\u201crocket man,\u201d<\/em> Okura quips. <em>\u201cThis is the real rocket man, he made his own rocket \u2013 he built it by himself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A documentary is also in the works to record Hughes\u2019 $1.8 million project to catapult him to the the Karman line \u2013 the starting point of space.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/417588-flat-earth-rocket-ghost-town\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flat-Earther \u2018Mad\u2019 Mike Hughes intends to finally launch himself into orbit in a homemade rocket on Saturday \u2013 right over the Route 66 ghost town of Amboy, California. 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