Canada finally got a man into space

[DR. B]

Two friends from Canada, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, shot a lego figurine 78,000 ft.

 

[Shifty]

Really, really cool. :yesyes:

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

Asad Muhammad

A real Canadian :yesyes:

 

[jod0565]

No spacesuit?

 

[edirons22]

That was a brave Lego Man :clap:

 

[lurkingdirk]

Now there are concerns about this:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/01/28/toronto-lego-space-teens-safety.html

 

[DR. B]

Now there are concerns about this:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/01/28/toronto-lego-space-teens-safety.html

That pilot was mad cause his dumbass kids didn't come up with that idea :/

 

[LukeEl]

Wait I thought Getty Lee was the first Canadian in space or has traveled from the Shire to Mount Doom.

 

[maildude]

If Julie Payette got a nose job and shaved her eyebrows, she wouldn't be too bad-looking.:2 cents:

 

[fred2265]

That's awesome.

 

[Galactic]

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[PlasmaTwa2]

They didn't give the man a helmet or anything. It's amazing he's still alive.