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01-09-2003, 09:57 PM
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Will anyone else be looking into the skys tomorow morning from 7am onwards, because in St Ives there releasing a ballon which is as tall as the empire state building , or 400 times the size of the largest hot air ballon before it! I think it will enter the borders of space, reaching 25 miles up in the air! You can see it all over North Europe and here in england obviously! and if your lucky enough u can go and watch it from the clif tops like me tommorow anyone else interested in this, any theories sticks!   only kiddin  Cheers |
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01-09-2003, 10:05 PM
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01-09-2003, 10:34 PM
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How will this feed the hungry ?
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01-09-2003, 10:38 PM
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Thanks for this, bbceleb.
Hadn't heard anything about it before you posted the info . . . . . . from the article it looks as though it'll be Wednesday now that we should be able to see the balloon. I'll definitely try to watch out for it . . . . . . although I think they're completely mad!!!
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02-09-2003, 09:13 AM
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Sadly, this has been postponed for a day due to he weather.
I saw the interview with the american who had made a similar baloon trip alone in 1960. The thought of jumping out of the baloon into the abyss and then calmly plunging 12 or so miles before pulling on the parachute!! Insane of course, but so brave. He lived to tell the tale and looked a hale and happy chappie. perhaps you have to do something completely insane to push back the barriers and feel you have really lived. Now, where are my slippers??? |
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02-09-2003, 12:29 PM
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Just hopeing it gets off the ground tomorow!
Rob didnt one of the men in 1960 die when he hit the water?  The man on tv said he would bet a weeks wages that tommorow they will fly! Maybe your right ROB about pushing the boundaries to say you lived, but i know i sure couldnt do it!good luck to them both! 
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02-09-2003, 07:40 PM
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Most of these high altitude balloons are made in a factory in Bristol. We also have an international balloon festival each year in August. Some of the balloons are amazing because with the shapes you would never believe they get off the ground.
I went up for a balloon ride a few years ago- it was absolutely stonking (to borrow a phrase I have heard somewhere before). We even went over our house. |
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02-09-2003, 07:42 PM
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Just a few updates.....
Its almost 95% Certain they will be leaving tommorow morning, confirmation 9pm tonight. It will make the United Kingdom the 3rd country in the world to enter space Flight Will take 5 hours after leaving a ship in St Ives Live Coverage On BBC Website Live Updates BBC NEWS Channel Fact: 1mm of ice covering the ballon would way over 60 tones 60,000,000,000 Regular sized helium ballons would be needed to fill the ballon! Cheers adam 
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03-09-2003, 12:43 AM
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If the balloon explodes, it will kill all the birds in the vicinity, therefore giving pigeon pie to the multitudes!
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03-09-2003, 08:05 AM
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Just a little update,
The Ballon has reached about (im guessing) 40 - 50 feet up in the air when the helium began to escape! and they discoverd a tear down the seem of the ballon, will it be able to fly? have to wait and see Busybee my dad went to the Bristol Ballon festival and said it was fantastic! did you also go this year, and see the concert as well??
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03-09-2003, 08:18 AM
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I wonder if these failures are divine anger at the frivilous waste of resourses. How will this help the poor, feed the hungry, heal the sick and house the homeless.
This is a waste of money 
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03-09-2003, 08:22 AM
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Sticks i think you need to lighten up, so many things now a days are a so called waste of money, such as a movie costing 185 million pounds but thats life, this was going to be an amazing adventure, do you really need to put a negative cast over it, and ruin it as per usual?
And unfortunatley its been cancelled for this year because the ballon is un repairable at the moment, i feel sorry for the man who spent two years designing and making it, he looks devastated poor man, he said he just hopes for next year |
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03-09-2003, 08:51 AM
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If it wasn't for the human instinct of curiosity and exploration that leads to adventures like this we'd still all be living in caves. |
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03-09-2003, 01:53 PM
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It's so sad that the guy has spent ages working on this and then it's all gone wrong at the last minute. I hope they make it next year!
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03-09-2003, 07:40 PM
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03-09-2003, 10:08 PM
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Just heard that for the next 10 days they will investigate what went wrong, and try again next April, after a post mortum if you like
Unfortunatley they will have missed there window of opertunity by the time the fix the ballon. Its a shame but will be an amazing and like James said could be a trip that may change our lifes in many ways in the future! Good Luke To Qineticq 1
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