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How Many Balloons Does it Take to Launch Your Kid?
blog.wired.com — This is absolutely crazy.
NoBailouts- 39 diggs
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- taylorblue, on 07/18/2008, -0/+3okay that's way too technical for me to understand first thing in the morning... :)
- NoBailouts, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1lol, bookmark it and you can have it for reference down the road. I hope someone who is bad at math doesn't try this...
- greenroom628, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4didn't they try this on mythbusters?
- MxM111, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2They did, and if I remember correctly, they needed something like 4000 balloons, which is much higher than this blog suggested.
- NoBailouts, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2lol, well this guy did it with less, in a lawn chair: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9794817?source=most_ ...
- MxM111, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2They did, and if I remember correctly, they needed something like 4000 balloons, which is much higher than this blog suggested.
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