# Burgers In Space **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burgers-in-space/640212 "2012-11-07T13:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burgers-in-space/640212/1 "2012-11-07T13:53:01Z")
**Harvard students send hamburger into space, record video** That’s the headline: > [@](#): > > A group of friends from Harvard University launched a hamburger into space and recorded it for posterity. > > Local hamburger chain b.good contributed $1,000 and a rather large burger to the project. The burger launched in Sturbridge on Oct. 27. > > The hamburger was attached to a 600g weather balloon with a GoPro Hero camera and a HTC Rezound phone for GPS tracking. The burger-rigged camera reached an altitude of 30,000m, according to their YouTube page. > > The food pod was recovered in a tree 130 miles north of Boston in Byfield. The students first tried to use a crossbow to get the package down but eventually hired a man to climb and retrieve the camera after several days and a storm. [http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/harvard/2012/11/harvard\_students\_record\_video\_of\_hamburger\_sent\_to\_space.html](http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/harvard/2012/11/harvard_students_record_video_of_hamburger_sent_to_space.html) There’s a video on the website I’m glad they don’t recover astronauts with a crossbow. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burgers-in-space/640212/2 "2012-11-07T17:15:10Z")
That’s a damn shame. They should have gotten it from Mr. Bartley’s.