now thats a father who takes time to be with his children.

looks like 2 adults did it all, and let their kids watch.

i am pretty sure i remember some guy doing this maybe like 6 months ago, like the exact same thing....

>> ^EmptyFriend:

looks like 2 adults did it all, and let their kids watch.
i am pretty sure i remember some guy doing this maybe like 6 months ago, like the exact same thing....


Hey your bringin me down man.

The kids could of helped with some of it.

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This is one of the coolest things I've seen.

>> ^EmptyFriend:

looks like 2 adults did it all, and let their kids watch.
i am pretty sure i remember some guy doing this maybe like 6 months ago, like the exact same thing....

Yah, a guy from the UK did it fairly recently. There was some video of a guy sending a chair into the stratosphere too, not sure if that was fake or not.

Pretty cool that joe public can do this sort of thing though.

So my major thought just now was the atmosphere..

although I will go and learn for myself, right now I wonder why they did not need head shields or anything like that.

Just where oh where does the atmosphere begin exactly/end exactly, Why does a space craft from NASA need some ceramic plating while this lil doodad needed naught but shaved expanding foam.

on a side note, I think it would of made the video better if in every frame that is shown whilst someone was in frame, they would of held a hot dog in a bun.

***eta- "The atmosphere has a mass of about 5 × 1018 kg, three quarters of which is within about 11 km (6.8 mi; 36,000 ft) of the surface. The atmosphere becomes thinner and thinner with increasing altitude, with no definite boundary between the atmosphere and outer space. An altitude of 120 km (75 mi) is where atmospheric effects become noticeable during atmospheric reentry of spacecraft. -wiki "

The big difference is that the space shuttle has to travel really really fast (more than 17000 mph) "sideways" to stay in orbit while a balloon goes almost straight up. When coming back down a balloon-doodad can just fall straight down with a little parachute because it never reaches any significant speed.
A space shuttle has to slow down a lot and they do that by diving into the atmosphere belly-first, compressing the air in front of it. This heats up the air and slows down the shuttle.

>> ^BoneRemake:

So my major thought just now was the atmosphere..
although I will go and learn for myself, right now I wonder why they did not need head shields or anything like that.
Just where oh where does the atmosphere begin exactly/end exactly, Why does a space craft from NASA need some ceramic plating while this lil doodad needed naught but shaved expanding foam.

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Even if the children didn't help in the construction, they were involved with what their father was doing and it hopefully gave them a bit of interest in learning about and doing things that most people won't ever attempt.

The phone/balloon are held aloft by the atmosphere. The shuttle is doing orbital velocity and re-entering the atmosphere. The shutle's moving a lot further and faster. It's like the difference in energy between skipping a stone across a pond, or placing the stone gently on the surface of the water (actually a couple inches down in the water), and letting go.

>> ^BoneRemake:

So my major thought just now was the atmosphere..
although I will go and learn for myself, right now I wonder why they did not need head shields or anything like that.
Just where oh where does the atmosphere begin exactly/end exactly, Why does a space craft from NASA need some ceramic plating while this lil doodad needed naught but shaved expanding foam.
on a side note, I think it would of made the video better if in every frame that is shown whilst someone was in frame, they would of held a hot dog in a bun.
eta- "The atmosphere has a mass of about 5 × 1018 kg, three quarters of which is within about 11 km (6.8 mi; 36,000 ft) of the surface. The atmosphere becomes thinner and thinner with increasing altitude, with no definite boundary between the atmosphere and outer space. An altitude of 120 km (75 mi) is where atmospheric effects become noticeable during atmospheric reentry of spacecraft. -wiki "

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