Swedish Engineer's RC Plane Gets a Balloon Lift To Space 90
mask.of.sanity writes "A Swedish engineer has sent his radio controlled airplane to the edge of space using a weather balloon. It reached 33,100 metres before the balloon popped. The trip is captured on film and he has detailed the project in a blog. Amazing stuff."
Old school (Score:5, Funny)
The trip is captured on film
ORLY?
Re:all these balloons (Score:5, Funny)
End up somewhere, usually in the stomachs of marine mammals.
Marine mammals? Like US Marines? I knew they were tough, but eating weather balloons?! Damn!
Re:Old school (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Old school (Score:5, Funny)
Tip: other people are different to you and enjoy different things. The classy thing is just to let them get on with it rather than sneer at them in public in attempt to look superior.
Of course here on Slashdot we have this wonderful moderation system which lets you get a whiff of public opinion, which, while not an objective measurement, would seem to suggest that on this occasion I am, in fact, funny. Unfortunately there's no "-1 condescending snob" option, so we may never know what the world thinks of HornWumpus.