Mad Mike Dies from Homemade Rocket

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Mad Mike Hughes

He wasn't really a flat earther, he just used that to get money.

In 2016, Hughes launched a failed fundraising attempt for a rocket that raised $310. After professing his belief in a flat Earth later that year, Hughes gained support within the flat-Earth community. His post-flat-Earth fundraising campaign made its $7,875 goal.

Following Hughes' death, Darren Shuster, his public relations representative, stated: "We used flat Earth as a PR stunt... Flat Earth allowed us to get so much publicity that we kept going! I know he didn’t believe in flat Earth and it was a schtick.

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I have never even considered making money off fringe groups in that way.

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New revenue stream lol