On October 28, a team led by Steve Daniels, John Oates and Lester Haines launched a camera-equipped helium balloon that soared to an altitude of 90,000 feet before it collapsed. At that point, it released a paper airplane, named the Vulture I, also equipped with a video camera. The project named Paris (Paper Aircraft Released Into Space) was sponsored by The Register. The Vulture I was recovered from its landing spot in Spain. See the videos at YouTube and find out more from an index of articles at The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/science/paris/ -via the Presurfer
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I looked at two of the videos, nice concept...too bad they "aimed" the camera towards the wing. What's the point of that?
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Since its 90000 feet its not space. And no Balloon could ever reach space.
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You've just noticed this? The build up to this was on theregister.co.uk for months along with live tracking on the day.
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