Mike Hughes in California plans to launch his rocket (with his good self inside) on Saturday

  • On a 500-mph, mile-long flight, max height of 1800 feet

This is just phase 1 of a plan to get many miles above the Earth, from where he will photograph proof of the disc - flat, natch.

  • "It'll shut the door on this ball earth," Hughes said in a fundraising interview with a flat-Earth group

The rocket will be steam powered ...

OK ... now check this out ... there is more:

  • Hughes only recently converted to flat-Eartherism, after struggling for months to raise funds for his follow-up flight

(his Kickstarter raised $310 .... the goal was $150,000)

  • "We were kind of looking for new sponsors for this. And I'm a believer in the flat Earth," Hughes said. "I researched it for several months."

LOL. I think Mike might be taking advantage of some of the more gullible, less intelligent members of the US community to fund his hobby.

Via WaPo