Post by thread:[OT:] Manned balloon altitude record attempt

----- Original Message ----- From: "Eltink, Royi" Subject: [AR] [quite OT] Balloon... A team of balloonists is trying to break the world record highest manned ballon flight... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/sci_nat/03/ballooning/html/mission.stm Launch from Cornwall. They say it will be simultaneously naked-eye visible from Dublin, London & Paris. Some balloon. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email spam_OUTlistservTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

I liked the part about the "fiber free diet" to reduce the chance of having to...um...expell waste during the flight. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Russell McMahon wrote: > A team of balloonists is trying to break the world record highest manned > ballon flight... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/sci_nat/03/ballooning/html/mission.stm -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listservKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

They were supposed to do it today, but its too cloudy. They've said they'll try tommorrow. G Russell McMahon <apptechKILLspamPARADISE.NET.NZ> wrote: {Original Message removed}