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Shooting the breeze.

rohjar

142 posts

rohjar

WA, 142 posts

17 Oct 2010 8:32am

Thai food takeaway container: check
weather balloon + helium: check
iphone, parachute, handwarmers: check

Launch!

Bloody impressive 7 minute video at...

www.brooklynspaceprogram.org/BSP/Space_Balloon.html

New York Times story at: www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/science/space/12weather.html?ref=science

Bates

74 posts

Bates

SA, 74 posts

17 Oct 2010 2:15pm

thatss sick. i wanna give it a try

maxm

NSW

864 posts

maxm

NSW, 864 posts

17 Oct 2010 3:19pm

Pretty cool!

Meanwhile in downtown New York, people were ringing the cops to tell them they'd seen a UFO...

Test pilot 1

1430 posts

Test pilot 1

WA, 1430 posts

17 Oct 2010 3:28pm

Bates said...

thatss sick. i wanna give it a try

I think you'd need more balloons and bigger hand warmers to send you up. Oh and you'd have to be able to hold your breath too

[}:)]

SandS

VIC

5904 posts

SandS

VIC, 5904 posts

17 Oct 2010 7:49pm

fantastic , take away curry will do that to ya every time !!

Bates

74 posts

Bates

SA, 74 posts

17 Oct 2010 9:18pm

ill just take a few kites up with me. with me go pro hero.

Jimmyz

NSW

446 posts

Jimmyz

NSW, 446 posts

18 Oct 2010 1:48am

I had a mate who thought it was funny to do that to a mouse with about 15 helium ballons... poor mouse

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