Daredevil ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes dies in rocket crash near Barstow

Daredevil rocket-builder “Mad” Mike Hughes of Apple Valley died Saturday, Feb. 22, when the homemade steam-powered vessel he manned as part of a television series crashed in the San Bernardino County desert near Barstow, reports said.
The Science Channel, which has scheduled the series “Homemade Astronauts” to premiere this year, and TMZ reported thatHughes, 64, was aboard the rocket and perished in the accident.
A video posted on Twitter shows a parachute separating from