Thursday, April 29, 2010

Alice Springs, Australia. Where was 'balloon boy' when they need him?



"A giant NASA science balloon is inflated at the launch site near Alice Springs, Australia. It broke free from its mooring and dragged across the desert, overturning a car and narrowly missing bystanders, smashing its multi-million dollar payload. The balloon, the size of a football field when inflated was designed to float up to 40 kilometres (25 miles), deep in the stratosphere to measure X-rays and gamma rays sent out by various stars and galaxies."


Picture: EPA

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