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Old 10-10-2010, 08:06 PM
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Cool Amature space flight...

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/73/father-and-son-film-outer-space-do-it-yourself-style.html

Now that was a cool, I wonder how much harder it would be to get it to fly even higher?

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Old 10-10-2010, 08:11 PM
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Maybe not amateur, but my fav "space shuttle" attempt. And it involves a car

(audio is a little low)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdrlWR-yFM
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Old 10-10-2010, 08:20 PM
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You would just need a balloon that didnt burst so soon.
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Old 10-10-2010, 08:40 PM
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Maybe not amateur, but my fav "space shuttle" attempt. And it involves a car

(audio is a little low)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdrlWR-yFM
I love Top Gear!
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Old 10-11-2010, 08:09 AM
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Awesome.
Great father-son bonding there for sure.

They best watch the legal side of their actions though.
I love what they did, but sure wouldn't love hitting that thing.
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Old 10-11-2010, 09:10 AM
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Very Cool

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