I was a little bit excited when I heard about this - will he really make it? - until I found out about the Breitling Orbiter 3. Turns out a very similar balloon has already gone around the earth, and it wasn't that long ago. The only difference? It was two people, not one. It kind of deflated my enthusiasm for the whole thing. (No pun intended...really!)
But then again, what prupose does it serve to fly a huge weird looking balloon around the earth anyway? These rich people should go find a cure for cancer or something.
Very cool site - thx, DESADE. They have a whole bunch of great in-depth sites on different news topics, like the stem cell thing.
The topography pictures are beautiful. I'm wondering if NASA couldn't sell prints to make a little extra cash? I would love to hang an 8x10 of the smog cloud above L.A. on my wall...
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I think we all know that someone is going to make the horrid desicion of calling it "attack of the Code Red"...
"Buckland's Guide to Witchcraft"? Maybe "The Message Given By Extra-Terrestrials" by Rael?
Okay maybe I took this a bit too far...
I was a little bit excited when I heard about this - will he really make it? - until I found out about the Breitling Orbiter 3. Turns out a very similar balloon has already gone around the earth, and it wasn't that long ago. The only difference? It was two people, not one. It kind of deflated my enthusiasm for the whole thing. (No pun intended...really!)
But then again, what prupose does it serve to fly a huge weird looking balloon around the earth anyway? These rich people should go find a cure for cancer or something.
Very cool site - thx, DESADE. They have a whole bunch of great in-depth sites on different news topics, like the stem cell thing.
The topography pictures are beautiful. I'm wondering if NASA couldn't sell prints to make a little extra cash? I would love to hang an 8x10 of the smog cloud above L.A. on my wall...