Ah, the blob jump. It’s the timeless practice of using people to launch people. Trust me, you’ll know what it is when you see it. This video shows a blob jump that sent someone 55 feet in the air, a Guinness world record.
Done in Switzerland, the blob jump is when one person jumps on one end of an inflatable pad to catapult the other person who’s lying on the other end. The record setters used three people to catapult one person and captured it all with a helmet attached camera (and included a snazzy parabola graph to track the trajectory). But watching this, it begs the question, how much higher can we get!? What if 10 people jumped on at once? Could we send someone to space like this? I WANT TO DO THIS. [Reddit via Geekosystem]
Mike
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 10:03 AMVideo says 17 Meters. You’re on an Australian site. So *obviously* you need to convert to feet! Lol silly Americans
DK Son
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 10:31 AMSorry to burst your blob, but I think you would need 11 people, and a dog, to launch someone into space. Make that 13 people and a snail if you want them to orbit the earth once.
Add more magnets for more orbits.
Travis
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 8:38 PMLooks fun. Though 17m is nothing. Get more people and a bigger blob.