Guy Attaches Helium Balloons to House, Soars Into Sky Like Up Character

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I call fake, based on two pieces of evidence:

1. It's the Daily Mail.

2. You need way more balloons than that to lift a house. The house in the photo is probably the size of a crate.

National Geographic already did it with a full scale house. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV6rNqin4P8&t=115

Huh, interesting.

Plus the house isn't designed to be lifted from the top. It would collapse.

That "house" is probably just a shell resembling a house. Also, those are really big weather balloons, not those found at a party.

Here's the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howabouttha...

Here's the IndieGoGo page for the project: http://www.indiegogo.com/upacrosstheatlantic

> We’ll give you a moment now to come to terms with the fact that nothing you do will ever compare to the majesty of Mr. Trappe’s adventures.

That's Reddit-low.

Isn't helium rather scarce, wouldn't there be much better uses for it than this?

It sounds like you're asking what the helium cost.

Agreed. I hope awareness increases in the near term. It's a sad fact, but we need to find an alternative to using helium in frivolous ways--in particular, party balloons.

Fun, but also kind of a waste of precious helium.

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