Man, this shames NASA big time!

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I mean it takes us MILLIONS to do this, and some students do it with a helium baloon, straws, paper and a camera!

What did they spend? Less than 100 bucks? 2 hundred?

Paper plane takes photos from space

Three British space buffs attached a paper airplane and a camera to a helium balloon that soared 23 miles above ground, and captured amazing images.

"We did it because we wanted to see if we could — and we could!" IT expert Steve Davies told Sky News Online. The plane, which had a three-foot wingspan, was made of straws and covered in paper. At about 90,000 feet, the helium balloon burst.

Check out more of the incredible photos below

All of it here!

Paper plane takes photos from space | The Upshot Yahoo! News

Check out these photos!

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That's something else! Human ingenuity! It never ceases to amaze me!
 

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