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    Canadian teens send Legonaut 15 miles into atmosphere
    Source: CNet
    Friday 27th January, 2012  

    lunar colony , which would cost billions, when you can send a man nearly into space for only $400? That's what Canadians Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad did with an albeit plastic man from Lego and a modified weather balloon.

    The 17-year-olds from Toronto bought an $85 weather balloon online and rigged it to a Styrofoam box equipped with three point-... ...

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