<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=15091562&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=15091562&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/15091562">Homemade Spacecraft</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3539560">Luke Geissbuhler</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_b...on-film-outer-space-do-it-yourself-style.html
Experiment #2: 1. Find the camera 2. Film yourself laughing and saying immature things such as:"Sike!" or "What a noob!" with said camera 3. Take memory card 4. Mail cardless camera back to original owners 5. Wait a week 6. Mail memory card back to original owners. 7. Laugh and laugh
I've seen a few of these now and each one seems to get a little better. I wonder how high you could get one with off the shelf tech.
Did anyone here ever fly on the Concorde? I did once back in 2000 and the view from the airplane looked similar to the video (not the same altitude I think). It was very breathtaking to almost be in outer space. Here's some pics (not mine):
That was dizzying. Did anyone else turn the volume down and waited for the big POP when the balloon reached it's breaking point. I did not know Concords can fly to such altitudes. That's pretty awesome. I'll surely want to try that in the future, have to save up first I guess. However I know of a couple who has: Spoiler