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Re:Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @06:57PM (#520786)
sure

people do this all of the time -- its a neat experiment for kids of any age

EDIT: It's even more fun with a lawn chair and a person in it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters

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Re:Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon by rjurney on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @09:12PM (#520933)
There is no limit to the karma you should receive for introducing me to my new hero, Lawn Chair Larry.

'He was immediately arrested by waiting members of the Long Beach Police Department; when asked by a reporter why he had done it, Walters replied, "A man can't just sit around."'

What a quote!

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Re:Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon by DanielBMarkham on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @06:34AM (#521470)
Lawn Chair Larry is the man. What a brilliant yet completely insane idea!

I especially like the part (not sure if it was mentioned in the Wiki article) where commercial airliners were reporting a man in a lawn chair at 15,000 feet. I would have loved to be eavesdropping on some of those cockpit discussions. Hey Bob! Say! Is that a man in a lawn chair over there next to that cloud? Whah?

If I'm not mistaken, they've started an annual race or something in his name.

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Re:Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon by rjurney on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @10:25AM (#521660)
Not only that... but a man in a lawnchair at 16K feet... with a GUN.

hahahaha

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Re:Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon by donaq on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @10:01PM (#520995)
He committed suicide at the age of 44 by shooting himself in the heart in Angeles National Forest in 1993.

This is a story with a sad ending. I wonder why he did it?

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Re:Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon by rjurney on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @10:16PM (#521013)
Vietnam Vet, quit his job as a truck driver to be a motivational speaker which didn't work out, girlfriend of 15 years left him, only part-time employed as a security guard.

Looks like it was the 'Nam.

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