1 posted on
01/27/2012 10:45:34 AM PST by
Razzz42
To: Razzz42
2 posted on
01/27/2012 10:47:11 AM PST by
Razzz42
To: Razzz42
80,000 feet is by no means out of the atmosphere.
3 posted on
01/27/2012 10:47:35 AM PST by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Razzz42
80,000 feet is still in the stratosphere.
4 posted on
01/27/2012 10:50:28 AM PST by
Thunder90
(Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
To: Razzz42
How did a balloon get completely out of the atmosphere?
5 posted on
01/27/2012 10:52:19 AM PST by
WayneS
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To: Razzz42
What are they talking about, “Launched into space?”
Had it actually gotten out of the atmosphere (even just barely), it would have accelerated at an extraordinary rate with no wind resistance (32 ft/(secXsec)). Plastic melts and I’d be surprised if a parachute would have worked.
80K ft is very high. But let’s not get carried away.
To: CougarGA7
To: Razzz42
11 posted on
01/27/2012 11:11:08 AM PST by
109ACS
(If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
To: Razzz42
sent a Lego-manned flight capsule into space Umm, "into space" could mean a lot of things but it does not mean "outer" space. In outer space there is no air there and balloons do not float.
12 posted on
01/27/2012 11:11:49 AM PST by
mc5cents
To: Razzz42
Not long ago (11DEC2011) the California Near Space Project launched a latex weather balloon which traveled from California to the Mediterranean Sea northeast of Algiers, Algeria. It stayed between 105,000 and 115,000 feet during that time. It is the first known transcontinental, transatlantic, international amateur balloon flight.
More details here.
http://www.californianearspaceproject.com/flights.cnsp-11.html
14 posted on
01/27/2012 11:13:40 AM PST by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Razzz42
I’m glad to see this sort of thing. At least some kids have higher aspirations than the next level on a video game.
16 posted on
01/27/2012 11:19:12 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Razzz42
They should have attached a rocket to the capsule so after the balloon popped it could have lit off and really taken it into space.
17 posted on
01/27/2012 11:19:16 AM PST by
albionin
To: Razzz42
Free democrat rides!!
See space from a lawn chair!!!
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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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