GoPro To The Stratosphere

Back in October of last year we covered a father and sons successful attempt to send an iPhone to space using a weather balloon and parachute system.  This time around, we've got an even cooler, more HD attempt by a bunch of guys using a slightly less sophisticated system (No GPS tracking this time around). They strapped a GoPro HD to a weather balloon and sent it up, not knowing whether it would come back down. Fortunately, their rig reached 100,000 feet before exploding and plummeting back to Earth safely thanks to a parachute system. The footage is pretty damn amazing, and I nearly find myself tempted to get the equipment together to try an even more elaborate version of this.