Self-taught rocketman launches mission to prove Earth is flat

NEW YORK - A self-taught rocket scientist in the United States will launch himself into the sky with a homemade rocket in a bid to prove the Earth is flat.

"Mad" Mike Hughes, as he is known, built the rocket out of scrap metal in his garage.

The location of the jump will be Amboy, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert and along the historic Route 66. The fictional town of Radiator Springs in the Disney movie Cars was loosely based on Amboy.