Video Of The Week - Lego Man Goes To Space
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It seems as though Lego man are popping up everywhere - First there was the giant mysterious one that washed ashore in Florida and now this one that has 'flown' all the way to Space. Fortunately in this case, there is no mystery as to how he got there.
The Lego figurine's trip to space was engineered by two 17-year olds from Toronto's Agincoure Collegiate Institute. Inspired by a similar project undertaken by the students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad decided to see if they could successfully send cameras to near space and snap photographs of earth from a high altitude
The duo spent $400 USD and many weekends to figure out the launch of the Lego man that was fitted with four cameras. The stunning images taken from 78,000 feet above the ground, have made them and Lego man world famous!
Resources: Universetoday.com
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4aburkeover 10 yearsSUPER LEGO- Zoecutie804over 10 years:):):):):):)
scoobyfanover 10 yearsI wonder what they used to do that. They must have had to glue that lego man together with super glue. Cause by the speed it would have to get up 78,000 feet that lego would have fallen apart by the first 100 or so. Interesting.
dragontrainerover 10 yearsya its interesting... COULD YOU have gotten a lego man into space?????? it took 400 USD i could not do that because i only have 80 dollars
super_jeepover 10 yearsyeah like...
monkeykidv3over 10 yearsEverything is awesome- super-flames-21over 10 yearsnice one space lego man whoever you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) i dont know why i did so many smily faces oh yeah thats right i really love it!!!!!!ok so by and make sure to do another one lovex100
smileyface4lifeover 10 yearsthat's funny!!- troll over 10 yearscaleb youre right
- 56stepsover 10 yearsThat's so cool. Thinking of something like that takes a lot of creativity. But DOING it is a different matter altogether, you'll need to plan, get the equipment and actually launch it. I would love to do something like that when I'm older. I'm just wondering, will it come down??? If it does you'd better watch your head!!! Gabby
- Calebover 10 yearsIf Lego man had feelings, He would say "This is the end of my life but a beginning of another!" "As I will stop breathing at 50,000 feet! Humans are trying to kill me!"
kayoscolonyover 10 yearsawesome
