private vs government or another lesson in saving money.

The government pumps about $20 billion into NASA each year to levitate mice and study crystals.

two guys from MIT Oliver Yeh and Justin Lee, took these images of earth by putting a cell phone into a Styrofoam box, stuffing the box with disposable hand warmers and attaching it all to a helium balloon.

video here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBBRRp9DOQ


The camera snapped a picture every 5 seconds for a journey 17 miles above the planet and back after the balloon popped. A GPS in the phone helped track it all down. And it only cost $150!

Meanwhile, NASA's over paid nerds are looking to build a base on the moon, which will serve as a stop-off station for missions to Mars, a trip that will itself make astronauts radioactive. To achieve all of their unnecessary and harebrained schemes, NASA would need another $3 billion a year.