Stamets to Lemmy [email protected] • 10 months agoFuck the balloon policelemmy.worldmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1882
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•10 months agoThere was a guy who did this with a lawn chair and helium ballons. Yes, he did get fined by the FAA.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•10 months agoReaching almost 5000 meters is very impressive, and I love the plan of popping the balloons with a BB-gun to control the descent. I’m almost annoyed that they fined this unique effort.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-210 months agoI wonder what was the plan in case his gun got jammed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoI don’t think there was a plan B. A lawn chair strapped to 42 balloons doesn’t seem like a project without single points of failure.
There was a guy who did this with a lawn chair and helium ballons. Yes, he did get fined by the FAA.
Reaching almost 5000 meters is very impressive, and I love the plan of popping the balloons with a BB-gun to control the descent. I’m almost annoyed that they fined this unique effort.
I wonder what was the plan in case his gun got jammed.
I don’t think there was a plan B. A lawn chair strapped to 42 balloons doesn’t seem like a project without single points of failure.