Saturday, March 21, 2009

At least they didn't strap on lawn chairs

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Teenagers armed with only a £56 camera and latex balloon have managed to take stunning pictures of space from 20-miles above Earth.
How cool is that?!

2 comments:

Sorghum Crow said...

That is very cool. but what's with the last sentence? "The pupils' incredible school science project has already caught the attention of the University of Wyoming in the US."
Is that a joke from the Telegraph?

ellroon said...

Wondered about that, but found this comment discussing that very sentence:
They may be a bit behind the times, but they give a free college education to students with a 2.5GPA or better. They also must graduate from a Wyoming high school. However, if they offer classes that do this type of project they may be able to increase their enrollment from out of state as well. I'm pretty sure they are looking for anything to increase enrollment right now.

So maybe it is a good thing to be noticed by the U of Wyoming....