Here are two stories I heard about over break which I thought were sweet. One is about a guy trying to break the sound barrier while skydiving. He would be about 23 miles up in the atmosphere and would have to reach speeds of about 690 miles per hour.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/science/16tier.html?scp=3&sq=skydiver&st=cse
The other story is about another guy who used a camera, a weather balloon, and some duct tape to take some sweet pictures of the earth. They don't show all the pics on this website but they showed some of them on the evening news. Some kids at MIT did the same thing and apparently worked with a 148 dollar budget. This compared to the millions of dollars it sometimes cost NASA to take similar pictures.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7514429/Father-captures-pictures-of-earth-using-camera-fixed-to-weather-balloon.html
I figured at least toto might appreciate these.
Jesus. I don't get people like that. Why doesn't he just climb Mt. Everest instead of break the sound barrier while sky diving? What a douche.
ReplyDeleteYup, a body breaking the sound barrier sure sounds like smart idea!
ReplyDeleteI dunno, if a guy wants to jump from a balloon in the stratosphere that's his choice. Besides, if it eventually leads to shit like the skydiving from space into a swordfight like in the new Star Trek movie, that'd be pretty cool.
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