Topic: Girl sends Hello Kitty into the upper atmosphere
Rob Joyner Member
Posts: 1308 From: GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
posted 02-06-2013 10:39 AM
A 12 year old girl has sent her Hello Kitty doll for a very interesting ride... Goodbye Kitty.
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s Hello Kitty.
That’s what a seventh grade student from California had in mind when she came up with her dream science project: sending a Hello Kitty doll her dad brought back from a business trip in Japan into space.
Lauren Rojas, a 12-year-old from Antioch, Calif., got the idea after seeing a television commercial in which a balloon was launched into the sky. She thought she could do the same with her Hello Kitty doll. She would test air pressure and temperature at high altitude for her school’s science fair.
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 02-06-2013 12:51 PM
Anyone know if the kid got her doll back?
randy Member
Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
posted 02-06-2013 01:19 PM
You go girl! She's the kind of person NASA needs.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-06-2013 04:51 PM
quote:Originally posted by p51: Anyone know if the kid got her doll back?
From NBC News:
The package fell back to Earth and landed 47 miles (75 kilometers) from the launch site, 50 feet up in the branches of a tree. Which is an apt place for a wayward kitty to end up.
Greggy_D Member
Posts: 977 From: Michigan Registered: Jul 2006
posted 02-06-2013 05:35 PM
Well done! It's hard to believe Hello Kitty saw some sights that most of us will not see with our own eyes in our lifetimes.
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 02-06-2013 05:37 PM
The package fell back to Earth and landed 47 miles (75 kilometers) from the launch site, 50 feet up in the branches of a tree. Which is an apt place for a wayward kitty to end up.
Yeah, but that doesn't say if she actually got it back or not...
Greggy_D Member
Posts: 977 From: Michigan Registered: Jul 2006
posted 02-06-2013 06:06 PM
Well, you see Kitty in the tree and the video cameras have recorded the moment. Obviously she retrieved the video cameras since the recordings are posted on YouTube. Thus, I would be led to believe that since she recovered the cameras, she also recovered Ms. Kitty.
Lou Chinal Member
Posts: 1306 From: Staten Island, NY Registered: Jun 2007
posted 02-10-2013 11:45 AM
My cat was talking to other cats in the neighborhood, all is well.
moorouge Member
Posts: 2454 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
posted 02-10-2013 03:35 PM
I think it's a good time to remember Felix, the moggie that actually made a trip to the edge of space aboard a French rocket.