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Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself #14597845 02/23/20 Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,278 Likes: 8 Ogden, Utah RockyRaab OP Campfire 'Bwana OP RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,278 Likes: 8 Ogden, Utah "Mad Mike" Hughes, who built a steam-powered rocket in his backyard launched himself Saturday from a ranch in California. He was 64. One of several articles HERE Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14597908 02/23/20 Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,169 Likes: 14 In the Swamps DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,169 Likes: 14 In the Swamps The devil is found in the details. Sorry to hear of this. I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14597915 02/23/20 Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 7,693 Memphis, Tn K keith_dunlap Campfire Outfitter keith_dunlap Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 7,693 Memphis, Tn I guess he ran out of steam! if a man speaks, and there isn't a woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14597957 02/23/20 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,185 Likes: 39 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,185 Likes: 39 TN

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14597967 02/23/20 Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 531 Opelika,AL A AU7MM08 Campfire Regular AU7MM08 Campfire Regular A Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 531 Opelika,AL Well sounds like he confirmed his theory the earth is flat.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself AU7MM08 #14597987 02/23/20 Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,278 Likes: 8 Ogden, Utah RockyRaab OP Campfire 'Bwana OP RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,278 Likes: 8 Ogden, Utah No, the Earth isn't. He is. Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598024 02/23/20 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,015 Oklahoma sawbuck Campfire Tracker sawbuck Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,015 Oklahoma I thought he would just go blind. $$$ TRUMP AT THE PUMP 2024 $$$

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598068 02/23/20 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,250 Likes: 1 Marshall NC S simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,250 Likes: 1 Marshall NC As Otto Lilienthal said, "Sacrifices must be made."

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598189 02/23/20 Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,114 the desert M mohave_mauler1 Campfire Regular mohave_mauler1 Campfire Regular M Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,114 the desert Nothing good happens in Barstow. Deserve's got nuthin to do with it- Willam H Munny

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598193 02/23/20 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,419 eastern NC F fuzzytail Campfire Regular fuzzytail Campfire Regular F Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,419 eastern NC What goes up must come down!!!!!!!!!! If it ain't broke don't fix it!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598217 02/23/20 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,852 Galt's Gulch Colorado D Dess Campfire Tracker Dess Campfire Tracker D Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,852 Galt's Gulch Colorado Super Dave Osborne. Sad the guy died, but at least it was something he was passionate about and on his own terms. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598222 02/23/20 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,965 SC, USA O Offshoreman Campfire Regular Offshoreman Campfire Regular O Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,965 SC, USA Darwinism at its best AKA The P-Man If you cherish your memories with kids, be a good role model . . . . so the RIGHT memories of you mean something to them.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598229 02/23/20 Joined: May 2017 Posts: 4,920 Sweet Home W WAM Campfire Tracker WAM Campfire Tracker W Joined: May 2017 Posts: 4,920 Sweet Home The human genome just got a little cleaner. Life Member NRA, RMEF, American Legion, MAGA. Not necessarily in that order.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598234 02/23/20 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 10,718 2 222Rem Campfire Outfitter 222Rem Campfire Outfitter 2 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 10,718 That looks like a very expensive way to kill yourself. Hopefully he cash flowed the project and didn’t leave his family any debt to pay off. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. --Winston Churchill

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself WAM #14598237 02/23/20 Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 14,724 Likes: 2 Tyrone Campfire Outfitter Tyrone Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 14,724 Likes: 2 Originally Posted by WAM The human genome just got a little cleaner. He was past reproductive age. the damage is already done. Politics is War by Other Means

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself Dess #14598249 02/23/20 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,202 Way Out West W WTF Campfire Regular WTF Campfire Regular W Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,202 Way Out West Originally Posted by Dess Super Dave Osborne. Sad the guy died, but at least it was something he was passionate about and on his own terms. I remember Super Dave

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598269 02/23/20 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,818 Likes: 4 Houston, Texas BFaucett Campfire Tracker BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,818 Likes: 4 Houston, Texas "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598271 02/23/20 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,503 Western NY State 22250rem Campfire Outfitter 22250rem Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,503 Western NY State Heard about that on the radio this morning. It's a shame but I couldn't help but think the guy may have been a little "eccentric", to say the least. I'd like to see a steam powered rocket propulsion system and what it's capable of.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598328 02/23/20 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 16,554 East of Eden (SD) nighthawk Campfire Ranger nighthawk Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2005 Posts: 16,554 East of Eden (SD) Maybe rpcket science really is rocket science after all. Even my old Explorer has an annoying bell noise if you don't buckle up. The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh Which explains a lot.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598371 02/23/20 Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,820 Likes: 1 Dakota Territory P P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,820 Likes: 1 Dakota Territory I don't believe the earth is flat - Columbus fixed that.