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This is a link post We launched a bunch of paper planes from the edge of space! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I made this!
YEAH! We released the paper planes at an altitude of over 37,000 metres which is loads higher than we thought we'd get, so christ alone knows how far they'll go. The video makes it look like we were vaguely competent and it was quite quick, neither of which are true. It was difficult and fraught.

Wolfsurg, where we launched from, translates as Wolf Castle, so I was expecting some massive Wolf-shaped castle on top of a hill with lightning and thunder flashing around it, but actually it wasn't like that at all, which is a shame, frankly.
(I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post for a second there
it just looked you were about to twat someone with a bag of paper planes and memory cards....
 (I helped save b3ta! SpunkyBackpack, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post I never had any doubt that it would all land softly!
Honest!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wooo!
How many have you heard back from so far?
 (I helped save b3ta! Terry_Tibbs Coarse and violent nudity. Occasional language, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post None yet
I do hope we hear back from some! Firstly it would just be a bit crap if we didn't, and secondly i really want to know how far the things flew.
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post if you were launching from wolfsburg, why aren't the instructions on the planes in German?

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post 2 possible reasons
Reason 1: We don't know which countries they will end up in and English is the more universally spoken language.

Reason 2: When we printed them out we were planning on launching from the UK which turned out not to be viable.

Take your pick!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post fairy nuff
maybe next time you should stump up for one of those universally translatable versions with the Da Vinci picture on it
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post I thought it should just be a picture of my cock and balls
but I was overruled for some inexplicable and stupid reason
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Reason 3:
Every single German speaks fluent English
 (I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not the woman I bought my train tickets from
She didn't speak English at all. Oddly, I can express myself well enough in German, but can't understand others when they speak German. My wife is the opposite. So we had an interesting little triangle going on wherein I would ask something in German, the ticket-seller would respond in German, then my wife would tell me in English what the ticket-seller had said. Very surreal.

Anyway, good job on the paper planes! I hope I find one, but since the prevailing jet stream would need to carry it 3/4 of the way around the planet, I'm not too hopeful...
 (chase, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 19:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post They'll end up about 2km away from where the popped balloon landed
you fucking samsung spammer.

BTW the register beat you by about 50,000 feet, and they tracked their plane all the way down. It landed 6km away.
 (I helped save b3ta! buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 13:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Here's the thing.

We all know that this is basically a viral for Samsung. But given that traditional ads seem to be A) a bit shit, and B) a thing of the past, I hereby welcome our new adutainment overlords.

*runs off and trademarks the phrase "adutainment".
 (I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Another thing...
The register released theirs at 90,000 feet, the Spamsung planes were released at 121,000 feet plus change.
 (I helped save b3ta! Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Mon 24 Jan 2011, 15:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Woot

EAT THAT YOU REGISTER FUCKERS!!!
 (I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 15:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Incorrect
We don't know how far they'll go, but it will be many miles. At one atmosphere pressure they can achieve several feet of travel across the ground for every foot they lose in altitude though we don't know how they'll perform in thin air. They are optimised for fast flight though, to maximise the chances of a long distance covered.

The register project was really lovely, and it would have been nice for us if we could have got ours off before them, but we weren't able to. It was substantially different in that they launched one large plane instead of a couple of hundred paper planes, and they launched from a lower altitude. Certainly we would expect to cover a lot more distance than PARIS. Which isn't a criticism of that project- as I say it was really great.
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 16:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post BURN!
do the maths, this beat el reg's altitude by 70,000 feet (you missed the metres conversion)
 (I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 20:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post woo !
ive done a few things like this, 300 planes in the que club in brum, and 500 styrofoam birds in centenary square from the top of a bungee crane on new years eve.
but never from SPACE !!!
Awesome.
 (I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah there's something very pleasing about it isn;t there
I just want to know where the sodding things ended up now.
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post we did a test run from the bungee crane
about half came down within sight of the launch pad, but some of the birds flew completely out of sight, and managed to gain quite a bit of altitude.
not bad for a kids 20p toy, i still have a box of them lying about somewhere.
yours are going to cross continents.
 (I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post here's hoping
christ alone knows how far they'll go innit
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Inside livestock

(Frozen_Banana Shaved against the grain; thoroughly unrewarding., Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post If necessary I'm willing to go round Eastern Europe
shoving my hands up cows' arses feeling for paper planes
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post
paper planes fun
 (Frozen_Banana Shaved against the grain; thoroughly unrewarding., Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wonderful :)
If I had done this I would have made the planes from discarded jazz mags found on railway sidings.
 (I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post HAHAHA!
THAT would be a project worth doing!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Imagine the delight when you find Tracey, 22 from Scunthorpe has come to rest on your lawn.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Congratulations!
This wank is from SPACE!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post And used jazz mags would offer...
...paper that had been 'doped' to make it stiffer.
 (I helped save b3ta! Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Fri 28 Jan 2011, 21:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post As you get older, you look more and more like an excited farmer.
Beer sometime?
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes by all means!
And how many excited farmers have you been studying? what exactly are you doing to excite them?
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post And it happens, my father is a milking machine engineer and, as a boy, I used to work installing effluent management systems.
I have seen a lot of very excited farmers and mostly this has been shit related.

I'm up on Friday and Saturday for a party, then probably Tuesday next week, I'll drop you a line.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fantastic!

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post wheeee!
by the way, are you any particular enzyme?
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post I love lactase for example
But ALL Oxidoreductases are BASTARDS!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Those ones you hate?
I... er... Yeah, I'm none of them.

(I never listened enough in biology to learn any enzyme names. My biological knowledge extends no further than doing potato paintings.)
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hey you're alright, I didn;t mean you
it's just all the OTHER Oxidoreductases, you know, the ones who go around wanting to catalyze all of OUR oxidation/reduction reactions, that are bastards. Not you, no, you;re alright. it;s the other ones. FUCKING BASTARDS THE LOT OF THEM but not you
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 12:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post and your new name, as ace as it is, makes me miss milk explosion.
he ain't round anymore, is he?
 (I helped save b3ta! zog why change it now?, Fri 28 Jan 2011, 22:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post I love:
1) How, "by released" you mean, "passively waited until they assploded".

2) There's a definite sense of almost giving birth when it happened.

3) The way you look a little like Sloth from The Goonies on the preview slide.

4) Your stuff makes me squee.
 (I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 13:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Lovely, lovely lovely, however
have you considered the fact that "Samsung Paper Planes" might translate into an alien language as "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough you slimy, boggle eyed, green gits! love from Earth"? An intergalactic war could be possible
 (I helped save b3ta! herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 13:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bring on the intergalatic war!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 16:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wow!

(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 14:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah!

(I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 16:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Those planes look like Nakamura Locks with tails
best paper plane evar - clicky
 (I helped save b3ta! custard, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 19:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yep that definitely looks like the one
though i had no idea it was called that. andy chipling gave us the design - the fin is called the chipling fin, as he very proudly told us.
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 20:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post woo!
Paper Planes in Space! :D
 (MrKane 01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 21:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

(I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 24 Jan 2011, 22:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post Joel this is an almighty job
and it was an enormous pleasure charging are the virgin German countryside with you and cr3 - hurrah!
 (HCowling couldn't think of a witty name, Fri 28 Jan 2011, 15:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post the pleasure was all mine
you are very very sexy men
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Fri 28 Jan 2011, 18:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post you international litter bug you :)
well done.
 (waxdart hello., Fri 28 Jan 2011, 16:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post thanks!
lalalaalaaaaaaaa!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Fri 28 Jan 2011, 18:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post CONGRATS!!!!!
You boys have advanced the British space program into the 18th century. I only wish I could have been a part of it.
Really, this is worthy of a graduate degree program. I'm impressed!
 (I helped save b3ta! phatotis while ($hair < $clean) { lather; rinse; }, Fri 28 Jan 2011, 17:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post It won't be long till we CONQUER JUPITER!

(I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Fri 28 Jan 2011, 18:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Brilliant stuff, will be following this to see how far they get. I reckon Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire will be the furthest.
 (becomingbatman, Fri 28 Jan 2011, 18:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post i expect one will get to the moon
or further
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Fri 28 Jan 2011, 18:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post I saw this somewhere...
...on the news or something...can't remember where exactly, but I remember thinking that looks like that crab bloke. And hey presto, it's you!

Nice one! I hope someone finds it.
 (I helped save b3ta! caldini Have you seen my polar bear?, Fri 28 Jan 2011, 18:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
doobeedoobeedoooo! thanks!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Sat 29 Jan 2011, 8:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post What was the onboard camera?
And how did you power it? The main problem with these seems to be the super-low temperatures conking out the camera batteries. I'm very impressed you got it rolling all the way until you were underneath it. Nice effort!
 (Scary Dave, Fri 28 Jan 2011, 19:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post it's a gopro hd hero
in a polystyrene box for insulation innit
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Sat 29 Jan 2011, 8:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Article in Australian News about the Space Planes' Descent
A good bit of publicity for the Project (and Joel) with some post-release sightings reported in the mainstream news

www.perthnow.com.au/news/special-features/paper-planes-released-from-upper-atmosphere-reportedly-spotted-from-winnipeg-to-berlin/story-e6frg1ac-1225996312857

And i have no idea why they'd have this ridiculously long URL for the article!
 (I helped save b3ta! Tiffany Aching 's bowl of oatmeal tried to stare her down and won, Sat 29 Jan 2011, 0:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post yays! that's lovely isn;t it!
and by the way, if you have long url, simply shove it right up the arse! upthear.se/
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Sat 29 Jan 2011, 8:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post epic :)

(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 10:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Awesome!
Wish I had a hobby . . .
 (kiki chunt now available in blank, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 13:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post have you vonfirmed the codes from the claimed landings yet?
what was the confirmed longest distance flight? I'm assuming none orbited first or you're gettign extra unmeasured miles... :)
 (I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 20:40, , Reply)