Personally I am very impressed by what Matt and Asad have been able to accomplish. The creativity that they put into this project went along way for them considering that they are both starting to apply to universities. Due to this idea some high schools across could take ideas from this project by providing a senior year course that allowed students to apply what they learned to a project which could help them get more recognition from universities.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Lego Man In Space
Three weeks ago two Toronto high school students, Matt Ho and Asad Muhammad sent a Lego man into space. The Lego man was attached to a homemade weather balloon that carried along with the Lego man, 4 cameras to document the trip. The balloon reached an estimated 24 kilometers above sea level on its 97 minute journey. Their project that took 4 months of time and $400 has captured the attention of many experts in the field of astrophysics including Dr. Micheal Reid of the University of Toronto who compared the project to some of the work PhD students do. What is more amazing about this project compared to the ones of PhD students is that this one was done with little resources. Materials used for the project were: cameras that were bought off Craigslist, a sewn homemade parachute, a professional weather balloon bought online and about $160 worth of helium from a local party supply store. Other issues that the pair face was the launch of the balloon. They had to launch the balloon at a point so that it would land in an accessible location. One day the GPS they were using to calculate this reported that the balloon would land near Peterborough so they launched their balloon. Throughout the trip over 1500 pictures were taken which can now be viewed on media outlets such as youtube.
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