Tag Archives: Balloons

Darth Vader Hot Air Balloon

November 14th, 2013 | Space

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The hot air balloon has been carrying humans high into the sky since the first manned flight back in 1783. It’s a whimsical means of transportation that captures the imagination of pilots every year at the Festival Internacional del Globo in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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The images above come from the 2012 event, which featured a collection of over 200 balloons.
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The Darth Vader hot air balloon certainly takes the cake in my opinion.
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I’d really love to see a semi-transparent version lit up a night… It would be quite the sight!

For information on finding a festival near you, check out this Wikipedia list.

-RSB

Balloon Tank from Hans Hemmert

March 24th, 2013 | Robot

Hans Hemmert Balloon Tank 1

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I recently stumbled across this sculpture made back in 2007 by Hans Hemmert, a Berlin-based artist. It is called “German Panther.”  In time, the balloons slowly deflated into nothingness, and apparently, local children were allowed to destroy the remnants. I assume this was, in some way, a political statement…

It would have been quite interesting to see the movement of the balloons in person.  The tank was originally shown at the Staedtische Galerie in Germany, but unfortunately, this piece will only live on in cyberspace.

Hemmert also made this interesting balloon church, maybe in reference to the fragility of organized religion? Or the absurdity of it?

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Find more from Hans Hemmert here.

-RSB

Homemade Spacecraft

November 18th, 2011 | Space

This video is from a father and son team called the Brooklyn Space Program.  From their site:

The Brooklyn Space Program is a organization based in New York City dedicated to scientific experiments, engineering, design and education.  Our interest is to inspire others and push the bounds of creativity and innovation.

This is a great example of your average citizen taking space exploration into his own hands!  I was always under the impression that it would be virtually impossible to acquire the resources needed to send a craft into space, but I have been proven wrong.  I hope this kid ends up being the first person on Mars…

Check out their site here.

-RSB