This TorStar report (with video) of what Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad achieved is really cool, “Toronto teens send Lego man on a balloon odyssey 24 kilometres high“. Excellent report and interview by Kate Allen at TorStar. (photo credit: TorStar and Lego man pix by Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad)
Equipment used: One Go Pro HD video camera (main camera for Lego Man footage), two Canon cameras (programmed to take a photo every 20 seconds), one Sony (GPS enabled mobile phone?).
CBC News (with video), “Lego man sent to space by Toronto teensEye-catching video shows plastic astronaut’s entire journey“
Global National (great report with video) – Toronto teens send LEGO man to space
UK Telegraph, “Lego man sent to space“
UK The Sun, “Lego man launched into space – Figurine is launched into space“
* CTV, “Toronto teens launch Lego man into space“
Jan 26 update: * TorStar, “Lego Man creates a stir in public“
* TorStar, “Lego space man puts the spotlight on Toronto teens“
* New York Times, “Canadian Legonaut Returns From the Stratosphere Bearing Remarkable Images“
* PC World, “Lego ‘Astronaut’ Takes One Giant Leap for Brick-kind“
* TorStar, “PHOTOS: Legonaut hits the town and makes some celebrity friends“














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