One small step for a Lego Man, one giant leap for Legokind.

[El Mahdi]

Lego Man in Space!

Lego man in space moves the Web | The Upshot - Yahoo! News

Two teens from Toronto successfully launched a Lego figure into near space -- and launched a storm of interest on the Web.

Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, 17-year-old classmates at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, took four months, many Saturdays, and $400 to carry a Lego figurine and four cameras miles above the earth, a project that the two did for fun, not for class.

"We didn't really believe we could do it until we did," Ho told the Toronto Star. You can see the video they made, using the stunning photos of the Lego man 78,000 feet off the ground, here.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwLmGR6bPA&feature=player_detailpage[/ame]

 

[Relique du Madde]

Hurray for the Canadian space program.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And thus, somewhere in Canada, a real-life Andromeda Strain scenario has begun...

 

[Crothian]

I wonder what kind of glue they used to keep the lego man from falling off.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I wonder what kind of glue they used to keep the lego man from falling off.

 

[Nytmare]

Damn you Canada...

*shakes fist*

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Narrated by Newt Gingrich:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XamRIFqGPRc&feature=youtube_gdata_player]Lego Moon Landing Set 1976-77 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Nytmare]

Narrated by your worst nightmares:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqoceohrRbk&feature=related]The First Lego Man in Space - YouTube[/ame]