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The late daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes (C) stands with friends and collaborators, Waldo Stakes (R) and Patrick Marchese (L), ahead of one of many launches Hughes made in homemade rockets, this one in Amboy, Calif., on March 24, 2018. Toby Brusseau
LOS ANGELES—It only takes 20 seconds for a daredevil to meet his demise. Maybe less.
On Feb. 22, “Mad” Mike Hughes, 64, got into a handcrafted steel rocket and launched himself into the sky in Barstow, California. Blasting away at hundreds of miles an hour, the rocket climbed to the height of the clouds in a matter of seconds.
Chris Karr is a California-based reporter for the The Epoch Times. He has been writing for 20 years. His articles, features, reviews, interviews, and essays have been published in a variety of online periodicals.
