# The Lego space race, Canuck-style!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 25, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644 "2012-01-25T21:26:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644/1 "2012-01-25T21:26:23Z")

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Two Toronto students sent a Lego man 24 km into the upper atmosphere for $400. and the sheer fun of it. [Article here](http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1120808--toronto-teens-send-lego-man-on-a-balloon-odyssey-24-kilometres-high?bn=1). The [video footage](http://www.thestar.com/videozone/1120776) is pretty interesting, too.

I love it that they did this for no other reason than they thought it would be cool. I also am quite impressed that they checked whether it would be dangerous or illegal, and that they waited until conditions were right so that they wouldn’t violate US airspace.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644/2 "2012-01-25T21:33:00Z")

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Yes! I read that. Pretty cool.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644/3 "2012-01-25T23:55:13Z")

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Pretty amazing! But look at it from the poor Lego man’s point of view. What a terrifying experience.

The only thing I would have suggested would have been to pick a fancier lego character rather than the everyman Lego. Something like [Intergalactic girl]([http://minifigures.lego.com/en-us/Bios/Intergalactic%20Girl.aspx#Intergalactic](http://minifigures.lego.com/en-us/Bios/Intergalactic%20Girl.aspx#Intergalactic) Girl) or [Roman soldier]([http://minifigures.lego.com/en-us/Bios/Intergalactic%20Girl.aspx#Roman](http://minifigures.lego.com/en-us/Bios/Intergalactic%20Girl.aspx#Roman) Soldier).

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644/4 "2012-01-25T23:57:28Z")

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> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#):
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> Pretty amazing! But look at it from the poor Lego man’s point of view. What a terrifying experience.  
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Yeah where are their ethics? Everybody knows you have to send up a Lego dog, and Lego chimp first to check survivability.

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-space-race-canuck-style/610644/5 "2012-01-26T00:56:22Z")

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Hell, why not go [all out.](http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gtahelper/StarWars/Executor/a01.jpg)