49 years ago, some guy tried to float into the atmosphere with a giant helium baloon, and he made it 100,000 feet, he landed in South Dakota. Here is a link, anyone else AMAZED? Crazy.
http://www.cuyunaheritage.org/
2006-07-07 18:36:36 · 11 answers · asked by rera1397 3 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
yeah, i heard about that guy before.
even weirder is that the weather balloons that meteorologists use expand to the size of a house when they reach the stratosphere.
2006-07-07 18:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by Paradise Alley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. That was a DOCTOR in that capsule underneath that balloon. No one had ever gone 20 miles up into the sky at that time (1957). We didn't know much about the upper stratosphere and about breathing and working at such an altitude.
It was an important precursor to manned space flight.
2006-07-08 01:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a verifiable but recent version:
http://www.darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid1998-11.html
2006-07-11 02:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOOT 4 stupidity + beer + bolloons!!!
2006-07-08 01:41:26 · answer #4 · answered by broxolm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah he was technically the first man in space
2006-07-08 01:40:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah amazing.
2006-07-08 01:39:18 · answer #6 · answered by Rabid Squirrel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good idea for that era
2006-07-08 01:41:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huh? LOL
2006-07-08 01:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by Savor_Savvy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol
2006-07-08 01:38:30 · answer #9 · answered by BeautyMark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i didnt no that, thanks
2006-07-08 01:38:57 · answer #10 · answered by cat yall 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋