Skip to comments.
Toronto teens launch Lego man into space (with video)
toronto.ctv.ca ^
| Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012
| Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad
Posted on 01/27/2012 10:45:27 AM PST by Razzz42
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-37 last
To: PGR88
Doesnt someone need to worry about this entering commercial airspace? Would they need to talk to air-traffic control before doing something like this? It's a really big sky.
To: Razzz42
Was that a UFO or the Moon at the 1:00 and 1:20 mark?
To: Razzz42
My 9-year duplicated the Hooters Bowling Alley down the street with Legos. OK maybe not as cool as launching a Lego Man into space, but I can guarantee you the Lego Men in the Lego Hooters had larger smiles.
To: DuncanWaring
Well, it did make it out of the troposphere but now where near out of the stratosphere.
To: Deaf Smith
25
posted on
01/27/2012 11:46:28 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Razzz42; writer33
Canadian kids now has a better space program than Obama does
26
posted on
01/27/2012 11:47:42 AM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Jack Hydrazine
To: GeronL
Lets not get carried away. It was a camera in a box with a lego man holding a CDN flag walking a little plank.
Not exactly the second coming of the space shuttle..
The video they showed on The National the other night was pretty good for such a low rent ‘craft’ though..
To: Razzz42
I”m actually surprised that it traveled only 120km from the launch point. The Japanese launched balloon bombs in WW2 and some made it to the US. Granted their altitude control systems were far more sophisticated but they went alot farther.
29
posted on
01/27/2012 12:02:01 PM PST
by
Cowman
(How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
To: Tenacious 1
That's nothing. These three figures are on their way to Jupiter aboard the Juno spacecraft.
30
posted on
01/27/2012 2:04:01 PM PST
by
NCC-1701
(In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Video of balloon fill and launch of record breaking trans-Atlantic flight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I9T7zDZaFQ
Thanks for the link! The package was a whole lot smaller than I imagined. Putting a 2 meter transmitter, GPS and battery into such a small box was an amazing feat.
31
posted on
01/27/2012 2:30:32 PM PST
by
109ACS
(If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
To: 109ACS
32
posted on
01/27/2012 3:11:25 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: PGR88
I don’t know what the laws are in Canada, but in the US, you are supposed to notify the ATC before launching weather balloons, etc.
To: Razzz42
It shouldn’t count if you don’t achieve orbit.
34
posted on
01/27/2012 7:37:15 PM PST
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: NCC-1701
That must be Galileo, Newton, and Thor - god of thunder.
35
posted on
01/27/2012 7:40:13 PM PST
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I think the kids did alright on a $400 budget. Cell phones are cheap and application(s) software is usually free.
Wonder if they check the weather conditions for upper altitudes that day since their project didn’t drift that far.
36
posted on
01/27/2012 7:40:29 PM PST
by
Razzz42
To: Razzz42
They’re lucky the EPA didn’t charge them with attempting to pollute space.
37
posted on
01/27/2012 7:44:59 PM PST
by
aruanan
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-37 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson