Comments on: Paper Airplane set to launch from the ISS

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:48:35 +0000

mm, interesting thoughts mark.
and, hiyas fletcher! (indeed I’m trying to revive it, theres just been these random time sinks that just suck time away, but I’m finding the time to do this now more often.)

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:25:35 +0000

I would love to be able to do that. . .the thought of being able to take a simple sheet of paper, and from space, have it gently glide back down to earth and somehow get it back. . . .

It reminds me of two smaller things also :

FLB has been to space. Brian signed up to have a copy of the code for FLB shot into space. Somewhere we’ve got a blog post with the certificate.

It also reminds me of the time a few years ago I was flying my kite on Cape Cod. I’ve got a BIG one (6 foot wingspan), with a full 500 feet of line. This surfer dude came up to me and said he could see it from his house – 3 miles away.

I guess its just always nice knowing that sometimes the simplest things can incite the most wonder, and be the most memorable.

By: Fletcher

Fletcher — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:05:23 +0000

I would agree that this is probably not possible,
but on a conceptual level I think its a beautiful idea.

Glad to see FLB revived… I will contribute if I come across anything noteworthy.