Walter White Goes To Space With a GoPro (Hello Kitty, Roby and Legoman join)
Jul 20, 2014
Share:
Up until not long ago getting a camera to space was a pretty big deal. With time we got cheaper cameras capable of taking decent footage, we developed lots of resources on getting a weather balloon up in space. So now taking aerial footage of earth from space is not such big of a deal. Unless of course, you are taking Walter White with you.
The team at tvtag wanted to make a viral video (which they did) so they loaded a bobble-head Walter White doll to go along with their gopro to space.
At the peak of Walter’s 6 hours journey Walt braved speeds of 95 mph, temperatures as low as -65F, and a maximum altitude of 85,000 feet (that is almost 26km for the metric folks).
What started as a bumpy ride, ended up when Walter hit max altitude and his balloon broke.
Walter’s body was recovered about 250 miles from where he was kicked into space, sadly his head was separated from his body
But Walter is not the only celebrity gone to space, here are some more balloon veterans:
Hello Kitty
Roby The Robot
The Man From Lego
Natural Light Beer (if you consider beer a celebrity)
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.








































Join the Discussion
DIYP Comment Policy
Be nice, be on-topic, no personal information or flames.
5 responses to “Walter White Goes To Space With a GoPro (Hello Kitty, Roby and Legoman join)”
As an amateur high altitude balloonist, I’d just like to point out that no of these HAB’s went to space. Space is accepted to be 100km from the surface of earth. HAB’s enter the stratosphere, not space. However they are great achievements nontheless…
Are FAA permits required? It seems that these could be dangerous to air traffic.
You forgot…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoMN-zg7r3M
Great post… don’t forget my buddy’s Jon Martin at #RVA’s Sticky Rice Sushi flight https://vimeo.com/34854673
Youtube link and background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swGKOuuO58