Others set to appear on "Homemade Astronauts" include Ky Michaelson, known as the "real Rocketman"' - who aims to be the first amateur to launch a crewed, fuel-powered rocket - and Cameron Smith, who is building a spacesuit that he will test by riding a specialized hot-air balloon up to 60,000 feet (18,000 m). As of now, the success and development of the "rock-oon" is yet to be seen. They hope to have their "rock-oon" completed and ready to launch 18 months to two years after they finish fundraising $2.8 million for the build, Stakes told. Stakes helps to design these rockets alongside Hughes, who later builds them. Essentially, the balloon would attach to the rocket and carry Hughes up part of the way, and then he would fire the hydrogen-peroxide-powered rocket to travel the rest of the distance. To launch to the Karman line, Hughes and fellow rocketeer Waldo Stakes are developing a "rock-oon," which is part rocket, part balloon. (Image credit: Paul Buck/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Hughes aims to launch to high highest altitude ever this upcoming Sunday, Aug. 'Mad' Mike Hughes stands beside his rocket in his roadside launch area near Amboy, California on Nov.
This was after Hughes told AP News, "I don't believe in science … There's no difference between science and science fiction." In coverage of his 2018 launch, media outlets reported that Hughes was launching to photograph the curvature of the Earth and "prove" that the Earth is flat. In 2018, he launched "from the back of a motor home that I bought off Craigslist," he said, adding that this time, he will launch "on the back of a semi that was given to me." Sunday's liftoff will take place thanks to funding from hud, a casual dating and hookup app (yes, really), according to a press release. Hughes again will take off from a mobile platform - another unique aspect of this home-brewed launch setup. 11 and his rocketeering work will be featured on the Science Channel's upcoming series "Homemade Astronauts" (Image credit: The Science Channel)
Hughes will launch again this upcoming Sunday, Aug. "Mad" Mike Hughes and fellow rocketeer Waldo Stakes are among the crowd preparing to watch Hughes launch in March, 2018.
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