61-year-old planning to launch himself on self-made rocket
Mike Hughes, a 61-year-old who claims to be a self-taught rocket scientist, is planning to launch himself in a self-made steam-powered rocket made using garbage scrap on Saturday. The US-based limousine driver, who believes the Earth is flat and doesn't believe in science, aims to reach an altitude of 550 metres and travel up to 1.6 km at 800 kmph.