Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes killed in rocket crash outside Barstow

Re:Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes killed in rocket crash outsid... by coldcode on Sunday February 23, 2020 @09:09AM (#22396875)

Rocket science is actually rocket science. Making rockets that work, especially with people aboard, is about the most complex thing humans do. Even spending vast amounts of money and hiring the best people can still result in disaster. Doing it by yourself is highly unlikely to work.

I always joke that programming is not rocket science even though some people I know think they are similar.

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Re:Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes killed in rocket crash outsid... by gridlockd on Sunday February 23, 2020 @10:07AM (#22397128)

> Doing it by yourself is highly unlikely to work.

Perhaps so, but he's actually done it successfully before in 2018.

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Re:Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes killed in rocket crash outsid... by Balgair on Sunday February 23, 2020 @12:54PM (#22398301)

I mean, it only takes one failure to kill you.

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Re:Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes killed in rocket crash outsid... by buboard on Sunday February 23, 2020 @09:36AM (#22396989)

it seems the rocket worked as expected. but maybe parachute science is like rocket science.

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Re:Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes killed in rocket crash outsid... by everdrive on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:21PM (#22408592)

Even in 2020, many countries with nearly unlimited funding cannot get manned rockets to work.

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