Today a base-jumper named Felix Baumgartner attempted a record-breaking high altitude jump from the place where the Earth’s atmosphere ends and space begins.
We assumed this guy was the world’s worst dad for taking his son’s favorite toy and launching it into space. But it turns out he could track it using GPS so that it wouldn’t be lost forever, and he is actually the coolest dad on earth because now his kid has a video of his train in space. Well done.
November 18th was a historical day for mankind, as these two yahoo's sent up a can of Natural Light on a weather balloon. The video is pretty cool, as you follow along for the journey from beginning to end...