PaperSpacePlanes
Posted on Feb 10 2008 | Tagged as: Science, Farce
A Japanese astronaut is planning to release some paper planes in orbit later this year:
Should one of the fleet miraculously make it to Earth, its journey will have been about 300 miles, no doubt the longest flight for a paper plane.
The planes are statistically most likely to land in the sea. But if one floats down to solid ground, the lucky finder will be able to unfold it and discover the return address at the Japan Space Agency.
“It’s going to be the space version of a message in a bottle,” Professor Suzuki said. “It will be great if someone picks one up, We are thinking of writing messages on the planes saying, ‘If found, please contact us’, in a couple of languages.”
Contact them? I’d try eBay first.
on 15 Feb 2008 at 2:43 pm 1 ceri morgan said …
I spy a tremendous opportunity for a hoax.