Paper airplanes in Space!

[steingar]

Scientists to launch paper planes from space


"...University of Tokyo researchers tested small, origami planes made of special paper for 30 seconds in 482 degrees Fahrenheit heat and wind at seven times the speed of sound. ..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23029202/

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Think it will go farther than than this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZmUaFBCoa0

 

[steingar]

That's a 48 second flight from a huge height. To give you an idea of how pathetic that truly is, the world record flight is 26 seconds thrown from the ground. The one time I launched one of my designs from a height we watched it for 5 minutes before it wend out of view. We never did find out where it went down.