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Crew Builds a Flying House Modeled After UP!
The people at National Geographic have built a house modeled after the one in the movie UP! for a new TV series called How Hard Can It Be?. The house flew for about an hour and reached 10,000 feet. There was no report of anyone spotting The Beast of Paradise Falls.
Would have been a neat video had they not placed the damn banner so it took up 1/4 of the screen.
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Here is a proper one! http://uk.gizmodo.com/5778006/the-house-from-up-has-been-built-in-real-lifeand-it-flies
Sure, the 16 by 16 feet house is not a full house
250-odd square feet "not a full house"? Some people would beg to differ.
If The Wizard of Oz is any indication, who it lands on could be a big liability as well...
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
What happens when the government mandates that the scarce yet valuable good is sold at an extreme loss as fast as possible? If the market were to decide how much helium cost, and not the government, a birthday balloon of helium would cost ~$200.
Surely, that is the way we are meant to use such scarce resources, right? Mandate they be sold at a 99% discount so we can empty our stockpile before 2012 and wonder why scientists can't get any?
Besides, you can probably use it to prove that coal plants emit more dangerous radiation than nuclear plants, and everyone knows that is a de facto illegal act. Just like being able to prove what the police actually did to you.
real American can-do spirit as opposed to colorful Hollywood fantasy.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Yeah, Mythbusters should do this.
I'm sure they could misinterpret the story and come up with a way to completely flub it despite the fact that it has already provably been done. Thus ensuring loads of Aspberger's fueled hate-mail from internet experts detailing exactly how they got it wrong. Thereby allowing for sizable ratings when they eventually get around to repeating the test, this time not so egregiously screwing up the parameters.
Not that I have an opinion on the matter or anything...
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mythbusters is now going to see if something in an animated cartoon is really doable? What next? will they paint a tunnel opening on a rock wall and see if the road-runner can really go through it?
What's up with this box everyone has to think inside of or outside of? Why does there have to be a box?