I'm not sure what to make of this...With a homemade vessel, self taught rocket man, 'Mad' Mike Hughes, has launched himself into the California desert sky. (http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/i-think-its-gonna-be-a-long-long-time-before-this-guy-gets-to-space/news-story/4b1faa812f8a0849d624dee2b12a7019)
Maybe he aspires to the Darwin Awards. (http://www.darwinawards.com/) Wikipedia article. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards)