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Top Gear builds its own space shuttle. Awesome.
Top Gear, the totally sweet U.K. show about cars and blowing stuff up, just pulled perhaps their greatest stunt ever. Wait, no perhaps: this is the greatest. They built a space shuttle with a Reliant Robin strapped to its back then proceeded to launch it to the high heavens. It was actually the highest rocket launch in U.K. history, despite all of the big talk from the British Space Administration. Wait, is there even a British Space Administration? I don't think there is.
Anyhow, these crazy Brits do a great job of walking us through their insane project with a mixture of knowledge and trademark dry wit. This video is what the Internet was designed for, my friends. Watch as they build it, test it, and launch it. You won't be disappointed.
By Isotek at 10:06 PM ON 02/23/07
10 points for their use of "Space Capsule" from Diamonds Are Forever.
By liltawen at 11:53 AM ON 03/01/07
Absolutely brilliant.
By bburn at 6:34 PM ON 03/01/07
They should have used a Ford Anglia - at least it had four wheels once!
By Beedo at 9:17 PM ON 03/01/07
Try being even more obnoxiously patronising about us, Adam. You haven't alienated us all on this side of the Atlantic yet!
As for their choice of cargo, they should've launched a BMW-redesigned Mini Cooper.
By DarrianAshoka at 12:55 AM ON 03/02/07
I will hand it to them; it was impressive to see that it went pretty much straight up for the most of the trust, but I see they were a long ways from what we had seen NASA do 4 decades ago. I was sure glad they were not crazy enough to have someone try to pilot that craft. Even a trained ape would have been quite a loss. They were not even close to escaping the Earth's atmosphere. All I could think of was how this was one one expensive firework and the clean-up job required afterwards. They could have caused a great deal more damage with that uncontrolled re-entry. They were really fortunate no one got killed.
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