Splat! No longer Mad, Mike Hughes crashed into the hard desert floor.
Daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes died Saturday when a homemade rocket he was attached to launched but quickly dove to earth in the California desert.
The stunt was apparently part of a forthcoming television show, "Homemade Astronauts," that was scheduled to debut later this year on Discovery Inc.'s Science Channel.
Discovery confirmed the 64-year-old's death in a statement.
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