DailyDirt: Kids Do The Darndest Things

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Helium balloon rides to the edge of space seem to be getting more popular these days. Anyone can do it, so a bunch of kids are. It’s the new Mentos-and-Diet-Coke thing to do. Still, it’s fun, so here are few interesting “space” projects from kids.

• A Peep is taking a ride on a weather balloon to the edge of space — a somewhat new form or Peep torture from a 9yo boy. Insert a pun here about how there’s no sound in a vacuum — hence no peeps in space. [url]
• High school students from around Las Vegas have documented their own helium-filled-balloon-to-space project — which cost them about $75. Pretty soon, kids are going to need a license to buy helium balloons. [url]
• Some New Jersey high school kids who sent up their own weather balloon also got accepted to fly onboard a NASA Microgravity aircraft to teach them about helium balloon buoyancy in other gravity environments. Lucky! [/Napoleon Dynamite voice] [url]
• The NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium has sponsored several student experiments to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Endeavour gets to a bit higher altitude than a helium balloon…. [url]
• To discover other interesting crafty projects, check out what’s currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]  

By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

Filed Under: helium balloon, space, space shuttle endeavour
Companies: nasa, peep