Lego Man Travels to Outer Space: Ingenious Teenagers Created This Lego Man

Was there really a Lego man in outer space? Two Toronto teenagers commended for creating a Lego man and sending him to outer space successfully, have set a new milestone in terms of ingenious creativity.

“When Toronto teenagers Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad sent a Lego man into space on a homemade balloon, they made sure to honor a popular Internet maxim: “pics or it didn’t happen.” 

How did they manage to do it?

It appears that these two teenagers could see beyond the imp in impossibility. As positive, constructive and futuristic thinkers, rather than as teenage mischief-makers, they began their seemingly impossible project. Not having a lot of money to work with, they located four cameras on Craigslist. Next, they sewed an imperfect at best, parachute. 

“They stuffed the cameras into a capsule made of Styrofoam, along with a GPS-equipped cell phone that would help them find their creation when it fell back to Earth.”

The teenagers, using their understanding of current day technology, were determined to give recognition to their country and “attached the Lego man carrying a Canadian flag to their capsule” thereby “injecting a sense of personality” into their project.

The helium-filled balloon launched successfully in spite of bad weather, burst in outer space and returned to earth, landing more than 120 km away from its launching pad. Amazingly, the teenagers were able to locate it because of the GPS system.

“The eye-catching images captured from the flight show the Lego man gripping a Canadian flag against a backdrop of a fast-shrinking skyline that gives way to the darkness of space.”

Their photographs reveal proof of their accomplishment.

What does this mean in terms of these two teenagers being role models for other teenagers?

As forward thinkers with a basic understanding of science, technology and outer space, these ingenious teenagers found a way to accomplish what they planned to do in terms of a project. One might ask what they will attempt next.

Outer space is one of the realms open to be explored further by up-and-coming visionaries who are now teenagers or children who can see beyond the realm of the past and present.

What has their project contributed to knowledge?

Apart from the reality of this amazing accomplishment by teenagers, this new horizon of knowledge may still be far beyond their full understanding. They have established a new platform from which to launch other possible projects in their academic future. Of course, any new project contains some element of risk, as did this one, but kudos to the teenagers for their achievement.