Balloon Boy - Helium Balloon Lifting Test

[applesweeter]

Dear All,

I have some questions about psychology:

(1) Why do we love flying?

(2) Why do we like to fly on a balloon?

(3) Why do we like to make false story about flying accident in order to make us famous?

(3) What will be the joy to fly on a balloon comparing with flying on a commercial jet?

(4) Why do we want to take risk in the sky?

(5) By flying on a balloon, what American value did he demonstrate?

THANK YOU IN ADAVNCE for your creative ideas and brainstorm!!! :)

[danschaoticmind]

It's just too bad Falcon never flew and it was all a hoax. Thank you America!

[TheArzonite]

anyone remember how much balloons did it take to lift that child at mythbusters?

[TheArzonite]

any1 remember how much balloons did it take to lift that child at mythbusters??

[kregjoint]

hey, mythbusters actually did this with a REAL KID!!!!but she only went about ten ft off the ground.....!!

[Dragonspirit999]

"99 red balloons flying high in the summer sky" Goldfinger.

[MamacitaG]

Leave it to Steve Spangler to clear things up! Thanks, Steve!

[Winterisonyou2b]

i don't know how retarded you had to be to believe that the kid was actually in the balloon

[FatoDrunkoAndoStupid]

What ever happened to the days when experiments like these were done with real children?

It's a sad day for science.

[kasp9451]

umm no he faked it to be but he really hid in a attic

[whoeveriam0iam14222]

evrybody that watches mythbusters knows how many balloons you need to lift a small child...

[PsalmsOfPlanets072]

no, my mom watched the news she said that the kid was holding the bloons and let go and got scared of getting in trouble so he hid in his atic.

[viperchilli]

It was all a hoax by the parents. The parents knew their boy was not in there and the balloon could not even lift the boy. This video is wrong. It was all a hoax by the parents. There are now facing possible jail time hundreds of thousands in fines.

[Stevespanglerscience]

This video was just an experiment. Steve wasn't saying that the balloon they had was filled with the right amount of helium to lift Falcon, he was just saying that with enough helium, it would have been possible to lift him. We had 250 cubic feet of helium (1 large tank) and we were able to lift about 10 pounds.

[YaoMingLily]

When you say "Steve" does it mean you're not Steve?

[Stevespanglerscience]

I was saying Steve in reference to the video.

[spenglerrocks95]

no he was hiding in the attic

[kettech16]

hey hey thats good 1st comment what about a car? like 1250000?

[neverdead01]

uploaded again?

[loyalist33]

if it could carry me, id prob go to jesus >:)

[loyalist33]

cool, i wonder if i could get lifted up >:)

[hemal67]

lol