Go, Canada!

[cecilia]

Find Lego Man on Facebook!
More videos and pictures soon to come!
http://www.facebook.com/legomaninspace

After endless hours of hard work, we managed to capture stunning views of our atmosphere and put a 'Lego' man into near space!

Full video of the building process, launch and retrieval are in the works!

 

[Robert]

That was a pub quiz question last night in the Student's Union bar.

 

[cecilia]

the cell phone Samsung Galaxy S II was also sent up via balloon...with incoming text messages. not as cool as the lego guy, but still sort of fun.
move ahead about 15 min in the video for the lift off

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

The Register carries the story here and mentions the names of the two guys behind it. The stunt was carried out by Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad - names that represent the changing face of Canada.