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Walter White Goes To Space With a GoPro (Hello Kitty, Roby and Legoman join)

Jul 20, 2014 by Udi Tirosh 5 Comments

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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).

http://youtu.be/iZw_LySNNzM

What started as a bumpy ride, ended up when Walter hit max altitude and his balloon broke.

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Walter’s body was recovered about 250 miles from where he was kicked into space, sadly his head was separated from his body

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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)

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About 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.

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