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thing to build a model of the space shuttle out of legos, quite another to launch it into the stratospherethat's what one man from romania did. it was attach today a weather balloon and the camera brought back these amazing shots. it was recovered thanks to the gps. maybe the next lego mission will go into infinity and beyond. it looks just like the shuttle, doesn't it? >> it looks like some movies too, the animation. right? >> [ laughter ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> tonight

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