The view from my “desk” in room ENGR100 at CSU:
Observing the “Balloon Boy” lecture of 2012
While we would all like to forget about the boy in the cardboard box hoax (See Balloons over Timnath, Part 3) I was reminded of a certain CSU physics teacher who was asked by television reporters whether or not it was possible for such a balloon filled with helium might actually carry 6 year old Falcon Heene from Fort Collins to somewhere 12 miles from Denver International Airport. He (the physics teacher) said it was indeed possible. Yes, it turns out our own Brian Jones was hoodwinked by incorrect balloon dimensions given to him by Richard Heene on that fateful day in October, 2009.