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Teddy Bears in Spaaaaace.....

by Francis_Burdett Dec 5, 2008 12:11AM PST

press release: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cuspaceflight/Teddybears.pdf

"Four teddy bears voyaged to the edge of space on Monday
December 1st as an experiment run by Cambridge University
Spaceflight, with the SPARKS science club at Parkside
Community College and Coleridge Community College. The
bears were lifted to 30,085 metres above sea level on a latex
high altitude balloon filled with helium. The aim of the
experiment was to determine which materials provided the
best insulation against the -53

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they shall be known as "Furrynauts"! :)
by shawnlin Dec 5, 2008 1:28AM PST

someone claimed them to be 'furrynauts' on Gizmodo - cute Happy

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(NT) Thank you for that.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 5, 2008 1:41AM PST
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(NT) LOLOLOL
by tango_fox1 Dec 5, 2008 2:58AM PST
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