OT: LIVE - 6-year-old takes off in family's experimental helium-balloon craft

[Hedge Collector]

I hope the boy survives with no problem.

 

But the live coverage is the most exciting thing (for me) since OJ!

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22887392#22887392

[Professor66]

Hope it ends well!

[joe_collector]

It's leaking and probably going to hit HARD. Hope it misses a power line/pole.

 

This scenario reminds me a lot of ASM 1, where Spidey rescued John Jameson from a careening spacecraft.... where is Spider-man when you need him?

[WesW]

Holy carp!

[seanfingh]

 

The scariest thing is whether there is enough oxygen in the little compartment for him. I hope this turns out OK.

[joe_collector]

Holy soft landing - lucky kid.

[joe_collector]

An elaborate hoax? No one in the basket?

[WEBHEAD]

Holy soft landing - lucky kid.

 

OMG No one inside the balloon!!!

 

 

 

 

WEBHEAD

[TrippyMcSkippy-migration]

I heard something hit my roof about 20 minutes ago...wonder if it was that kid...

[TrippyMcSkippy-migration]

Its funny...as soon as balloon land, cops start poking at it with a pitch fork...hahah

[Hedge Collector]

I hid from my parents when I did something bad, too.

 

Hopefully, that's the case here...

[joe_collector]

Its funny...as soon as balloon land, cops start poking at it with a pitch fork...hahah

 

"Der might be aliens in dat spacey-craft Jed, be careful!!"

[TrippyMcSkippy-migration]

Sheesh..whats next? Sending a monkey into space??...yeah right....

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Water Cooler.

[Mutant Manatee]

 

Hopefully the kid didn't jump or fall out!

[sckao]

 

The family was on "Wife Swap"

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/falcon-heene-balloon-boy_n_322736.html

 

 

[hockey&comicsguy]

I heard something hit my roof about 20 minutes ago...wonder if it was that kid...

 

 

 

is that supposed to be funny?

[Technic-migration]

Kid In Balloon Kid under bed

[BrianR]

I heard something hit my roof about 20 minutes ago...wonder if it was that kid...

 

 

 

is that supposed to be funny?

 

I don't think he is a parent.

[Shootydog]

The kid is 6 years old...maybe 50 lbs.

 

Mythbusters did an experiment where it took 3500 helium filled balloons to lift a 44 lb child just a few feet into the air. Im thinking 3500 Helium balloons have a lot more volume than that 20 foot by 5 foot balloon.

 

I am no mathematician but my guess is he was never on it.