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Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Rocketman is a hilarious glimpse into the true story of Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes, a flat Earther who made headlines around the globe with his attempt to prove the flat Earth by building a homemade rocket to launch himself into space.

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Toby Brusseau, Michael Linn

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I'm a self-taught rocketeer, everything
I learned, I learned from books - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I'm a self-taught rocketeer, everything I learned, I le...

I'm currently retired and so
I have more time for this kind of stuff. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I'm currently retired and so I have more time for this ...

If you come to my house,
you'll see rocket engines everywhere. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

If you come to my house, you'll see rocket engines ever...

I've been collecting them for 40 years.
All kinds of rockets - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I've been collecting them for 40 years. All kinds of ro...

I help people because I like to see
people succeed and most of them - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I help people because I like to see people succeed and most ...

This guy, this Mike here,
I don't consider him a friend. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

This guy, this Mike here, I don't consider him a friend...

He's like a bad little brother,
that's what he's like, but we get along. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

He's like a bad little brother, that's what he...

I read about him, something
or other, and I figured - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I read about him, something or other, and I figured

I said, "How's the rocket coming along?"
I expected him to say, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I said, "How's the rocket coming along?" I ex...

He goes, "Yes. It's coming along really
good. "He goes, "Do you want to see it?" - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

He goes, "Yes. It's coming along really good. &quo...

The structure's okay but in my opinion,
if you're asking me, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

The structure's okay but in my opinion, if you're ...

- Three, two, one.
- No. Got to go farther. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- Three, two, one. - No. Got to go farther.

A rocket at 400 degrees
will become superheated water. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

A rocket at 400 degrees will become superheated water.

When it reaches the atmosphere, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

When it reaches the atmosphere,

I keep this with me all the time.
This is ideas and concepts. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I keep this with me all the time. This is ideas and concepts...

Wait, I think it's here. It's right here.
See it started with napkin drawings. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Wait, I think it's here. It's right here. See it s...

This is the first rocket. I said,
"You're going to be tucked down inside. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

This is the first rocket. I said, "You're going to...

You need to be tucked down so you can
make the fins anything you want, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

You need to be tucked down so you can make the fins anything...

Mike goes, "I want to make
sure I beat Evil Knievel's record." - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Mike goes, "I want to make sure I beat Evil Knievel...

Now when you're 45 to 50 degrees or so,
you're just in a ballistic arc. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Now when you're 45 to 50 degrees or so, you're jus...

You're at the same
velocity when you reached - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

You're at the same velocity when you reached

That's basic physics. I said
"You can't have that." But he didn't care. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

That's basic physics. I said "You can't have ...

All these guys they got the...
this is it: - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

All these guys they got the... this is it:

I actually want 100%."
See, once you get to 100%, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I actually want 100%." See, once you get to 100%,

He goes, 'I don't trust them damn things." - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

He goes, 'I don't trust them damn things."

Just before he's ready to get
into the thing, he hears a noise, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Just before he's ready to get into the thing, he hears ...

The pin leak means that's going to
crack the weld and it's going to go BOOM. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

The pin leak means that's going to crack the weld and i...

It's going to blow up and kill you.
You know - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

It's going to blow up and kill you. You know

See a 5-point harness,
it takes 10 minutes to put a guy into it." - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

See a 5-point harness, it takes 10 minutes to put a guy into...

He goes click, "Get away! Get away!" - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

He goes click, "Get away! Get away!"

Here's what happened with the rocket.
When the rocket come off the ramp, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Here's what happened with the rocket. When the rocket c...

Then it went into horizontal flight.
When it went into horizontal flight, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Then it went into horizontal flight. When it went into horiz...

So now, he's doing 350,
370, 400 miles an hour, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

So now, he's doing 350, 370, 400 miles an hour,

Just so happens that when he came to,
he reached for it on the right - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Just so happens that when he came to, he reached for it on t...

When it comes out like
this and you're doing 400 - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

When it comes out like this and you're doing 400

It was a perfect chute. I packed it and
it was perfect. It was riddled with holes - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

It was a perfect chute. I packed it and it was perfect. It w...

When he hit the ground, I never looked, but
he said his balls were black for a month. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

When he hit the ground, I never looked, but he said his ball...

I had to get him a walker.
He could not walk. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I had to get him a walker. He could not walk.

He doesn't tell you all
that because he doesn't - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

He doesn't tell you all that because he doesn't

- Back up!
- Mike's dad neglected him. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- Back up! - Mike's dad neglected him.

He never got any attention as a kid.
He's been driving the limousine so long, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

He never got any attention as a kid. He's been driving ...

I'd rather have an
eight-foot fence all way - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I'd rather have an eight-foot fence all way

They call my mailbox
'the rock' around here. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

They call my mailbox 'the rock' around here.

Alcatraz hasn't got nothing on my mailbox. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Alcatraz hasn't got nothing on my mailbox.

If I still had my limo today, that's what
I'd be driving it right now. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

If I still had my limo today, that's what I'd be d...

I loved the car. It's just different,
people look at it. It's a fun car. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I loved the car. It's just different, people look at it...

It looks like a cross between
a Batmobile and a gangster car. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

It looks like a cross between a Batmobile and a gangster car...

And I miss it, I think about it every day.
I started making my own license plates, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

And I miss it, I think about it every day. I started making ...

The California highway patrolman walks up,
"What's with that license plate?" - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

The California highway patrolman walks up, "What's...

I'm just wanting to check on the
status of my '89 Lincoln - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I'm just wanting to check on the status of my '89 ...

- Hi, can I help you?
- Hey, how are you? It's Michael Hughes. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- Hi, can I help you? - Hey, how are you? It's Michael ...

Just checking on the
status of my '89 Lincoln - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Just checking on the status of my '89 Lincoln

- Your Lincoln limousine was taken to
a junkyard and destroyed over a year ago - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- Your Lincoln limousine was taken to a junkyard and destroy...

- Okay - It hasn't been here
in a very, very long time. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- Okay - It hasn't been here in a very, very long time.

- You are aware that I am the equity
owner of that and you actually- - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- You are aware that I am the equity owner of that and you a...

- What we're going
to do we're going to - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- What we're going to do we're going to

I want people to fucking, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I want people to fucking,

I've had two rabbits since I lived here, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I've had two rabbits since I lived here,

The thing with animals,
there's no ulterior motives with them. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

The thing with animals, there's no ulterior motives wit...

Where a person or another
man or a woman or a girlfriend, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Where a person or another man or a woman or a girlfriend,

I wish my parents would have live longer.
I wish my dad could've seen this, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I wish my parents would have live longer. I wish my dad coul...

He'd probably be very proud.
I would like to think he would be. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

He'd probably be very proud. I would like to think he w...

Maybe this is the best time of my life,
this year, right now. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Maybe this is the best time of my life, this year, right now...

A lot of the times we live the
best time of our lives, we don't know it. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

A lot of the times we live the best time of our lives, we do...

Have the most fun, the most friends - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Have the most fun, the most friends

Within a few years, you're in some kind of
corporate job or some kind of profession, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Within a few years, you're in some kind of corporate jo...

[music] - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- You've built these rockets, you've talked
to the media, people have called you insane - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- You've built these rockets, you've talked to the...

This is just a publicity
stunt to get publicity - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

This is just a publicity stunt to get publicity

We have a valid plan to get me 62 miles up, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

We have a valid plan to get me 62 miles up,

They said it was, it's not even close.
It's another 40 miles away. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

They said it was, it's not even close. It's anothe...

I'm planning on going up there.
We built a model of the rocket - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I'm planning on going up there. We built a model of the...

- What's wrong with it?
- It's round. It should be flat. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- What's wrong with it? - It's round. It should be...

- The plan to get me up
to the space 62 miles up is, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- The plan to get me up to the space 62 miles up is,

I'm looking forward to it.
I wish we could do it in the next 30 days, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

I'm looking forward to it. I wish we could do it in the...

The people we've got here
today is some people - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

The people we've got here today is some people

My buddy, Pat's here from
Carson City who worked incredibly - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

My buddy, Pat's here from Carson City who worked incred...

And I'll never forget it.
I will never forget it, Pat, okay? - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

And I'll never forget it. I will never forget it, Pat, ...

So he's with me from now on.
Of course, Danny, I met through Waldo - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

So he's with me from now on. Of course, Danny, I met th...

And I met this other gentleman
this morning, and Steve. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

And I met this other gentleman this morning, and Steve.

Who knows what this world is shaped like, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Who knows what this world is shaped like,

- These are oxygen bottles,
breathing bottles - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

- These are oxygen bottles, breathing bottles

Two to five hours,
he's going to go up to 24, 26 miles. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Two to five hours, he's going to go up to 24, 26 miles.

Then, when the balloon
starts moving sideways, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Then, when the balloon starts moving sideways,

As you can see here, and I'll use
my hands here, the thrust lines - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

As you can see here, and I'll use my hands here, the th...

So he goes from 24 miles to
62 miles, but just before - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

So he goes from 24 miles to 62 miles, but just before

Disconnects Mike like this.
It boogies away from him. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

Disconnects Mike like this. It boogies away from him.

It'll reenter the atmosphere automatically
and have its own parachute. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

It'll reenter the atmosphere automatically and have its...

It'll lower itself to the ground.
That's gone. This is helium. - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

It'll lower itself to the ground. That's gone. Thi...

This is a cylinder of helium. The idea is
he'll be flying upwards like Superman, - Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

This is a cylinder of helium. The idea is he'll be flyi...

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Rocketman is a hilarious glimpse into the true story of Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes, a flat Earther who made headlines around the globe with his attempt to prove the flat Earth by building a homemade rocket to launch himself into space.

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Director: Toby Brusseau, Michael Linn

Writer: Toby Brusseau, Michael Linn

Production: N/A

Genre: Documentary

Year: 2019

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ImdbRating: 6.3

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Released: 11 Aug 2019

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