Tue
Nov
25
“ Japanese scientists and origami masters propose to launch a flotilla of paper planes from space. The launch is tentatively slated for early 2009 from the International Space Station. Around 30 planes will make the descent, each gliding downward over what is expected to be the course of several months.
Origami airplanes to be launched from space
mills writes: “The ostensible purpose is to explore the ‘feasibility of slow-speed, low-friction atmospheric reentry,’ but that’s a bit dry.
Doesn’t it seem like one of the most beautiful images you could imagine?”
(via noraleah)
I love this idea - but won’t they all be doomed to a fiery end?
