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Video Of The Week: Man Launched Into Orbit With Airbag

 
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For some reason the South seems to be where a lot of ideas are born. I’m not saying that these are necessarily good ideas, I’m just saying that they seem to come up with a lot of them. 

In this latest attempt at achieving...something, this group of auto enthusiasts seen in the video below took it upon themselves to compete with Virgin Galactic as they try to figure out a more affordable way to do what “rich people do with their spare time.” In other words: launch themselves into orbit using an airbag. Yee-haw!

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Comments (6)

  1. By Duuuuuuuuude Posted: 6/29/2010 1:00pm PDT

    That looks like it hurt. The landing as much as the launch.
     
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  2. By Java Junkie Posted: 6/29/2010 2:57pm PDT

    Oh, to have the time for such activities!
     
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  3. By Probable Problem Posted: 6/29/2010 4:44pm PDT

    Oh, man ... I'd love to see THAT injury-at-work claim.
     
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  4. By Damien Thomas Posted: 6/29/2010 8:13pm PDT

    I've seen better. The guy didn't even get hurt in this one.. pfft
     
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  5. By Cornee Biff Posted: 6/30/2010 1:52am PDT

    Hah! hilarious! would love to see the sequel.
     
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  6. By dim Sum Posted: 6/30/2010 7:12am PDT

    Rednecks...can't live with em, can't teach them basic mechanical skills.
     
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