Sunday, September 23, 2012

One Of These Days, Stanley -- TO THE MOON!




Ron Fugelseth is a good dad:
On Aug 24th 2012 we sent my son's favorite train "Stanley" to space in a weather balloon with a HD camera and an old cell phone for GPS. He was recovered 27 miles away in a corn field and we got some great footage of the trip. This video documents the journey from liftoff to landing.

My 4 year old and Stanley are inseparable like Calvin and Hobbes. He's been attached to him since he was two, and they play, sleep and do everything together. I animated Stanley's face with After Effects and Photoshop to bring him to life how I imagine my son sees him.


5 comments:

JWM said...

Dude just re-defined cool.

JWM

julie said...

What JWM said. Also, that's a nice bit of warm fuzziness right there.

Casey Klahn said...

I really miss the days of huge Thomas tracks under foot. Cussed em then.

I hope they put that Stanley engine in a shadow box frame when he grows out of it. A great memory and way beyond me, technologically.

ExAFCrewDog said...

That was enchanting! Thank you.

Anonymous said...

What great time that kid's going to have with his Dad.