Stuntman wants to jump Detroit River in homemade rocket

[55delta]

I ran across this article in the off-beat news section. It seems rather Kerbal (especially the youtube clip at the end), so I thought I'd share it.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/mad-mike-hughes-wants-to-jump-detroit-river-in-rocket-1.2937516

[NovaSilisko]

I hope he's picked out a nice life insurance policy...

[Special Agent Sigvan]

Sounds like a horrible idea.

So I'm gonna watch and not intervene.

[Yukon0009]

Fun fact: Jeb is controlling this man's mind.

[Felsmak]

The Kerbal must be his spirit animal.

[Arugela]

Illegal U.S. Boarder crossing alert. Get the giant fly swatter! ><

No, I kid!

Oh, he's flying out of detroit.. Maybe with a private flight he'll be more likely his flight will make it's takeoff time then. Not to mention make it past security with and in a giant explosive device..

They don't mind giant explosive sound barrier breaking rocket devices flying at Canada do they. I don't think they have terrorism there yet. So, maybe no worries! >< To be care free!

Edited January 31, 2015 by Arugela

[lajoswinkler]

I don't understand, how will he ever launch with the weight of his steel balls?

Joking aside, he is a bit nutty, but I'm with him when he says:

"That's what happens though. You try to do something great like this, and you just get nixed by all these city councils and all these environmentalists and people that don't really know anything about what you're doing," Hughes said. "The amount of money and media it would bring to an area is phenomenal, plus the residual income from people coming back years down the road to see where Mad Mike took off and landed."

I don't see any reason to not let him do this. It's his choice. If the country allowed people smoking, which causes huge financial problems with nation-wide lung cancer, if it allowes people injuring one another and promoting violence in ill-named "sports" such as boxing, if it allowes gambling which ruins whole families, why shouldn't he get a permission to launch himself in a well inspected vehicle over a river? Unlike people in mentioned examples, this guy is only endangering himself. It's pure bureocratic hypocrisy.

[ZedNova]

I don't understand, how will he ever launch with the weight of his steel balls?

Joking aside, he is a bit nutty, but I'm with him when he says:

"That's what happens though. You try to do something great like this, and you just get nixed by all these city councils and all these environmentalists and people that don't really know anything about what you're doing," Hughes said. "The amount of money and media it would bring to an area is phenomenal, plus the residual income from people coming back years down the road to see where Mad Mike took off and landed."

I don't see any reason to not let him do this. It's his choice. If the country allowed people smoking, which causes huge financial problems with nation-wide lung cancer, if it allowes people injuring one another and promoting violence in ill-named "sports" such as boxing, if it allowes gambling which ruins whole families, why shouldn't he get a permission to launch himself in a well inspected vehicle over a river? Unlike people in mentioned examples, this guy is only endangering himself. It's pure bureocratic hypocrisy.

I'll help him light the fuse just so he can get his Darwin award.

[Brethern]

I'll help him light the fuse just so he can get his Darwin award.

Evil Knievel attempted this across the snake river canyon back in 71 He survived.