Random: High School Student Sends EarthBound Cartridge Into Space

Someone send up a sealed copy! The collectors will want it for double the normal price!

"...and this is my copy of Earthbound. It was actually launched into space and re-entered the Earths atmosphere...so you could say...it was really Earthbound!"

"David...I'm leaving you and I'm taking the kids with me."

Does this Ronnie Doyle have any relation to Roddy Doyle?

I wonder what the flat earth nuts will have to say about this. Or are these school kids "in on it" too?

@OorWullie See, the Earth is round mate, not spherical. Can you see the other side of the planet? No. Exactly.

@OorWullie I do always wonder why these balloons always seem to use a curved 'fish-eye' lens camera 👀

@OorWullie Well, there's a cut in the video right at the moment we should see the earth is not flat and I'm sure the skeptics around the web (aka idiots) will point that as a proof this video is fake.

If I had the opportunity to go into space myself, I'd take it in a heartbeat. Depending on the situation, I might even consider a one way trip - such as being a colonist on a potential Mars mission.

But randomly send one of my prized possessions into the upper atmosphere like this for s***s and giggles? No thanks. Seems like little more than a wasteful publicity stunt.

I think its worth it. I mean come on, a copy of earthbound that's not earth bound? I'd have done it if I had a copy. Even if it was one of my most cherished possessions, heck yeah I'd do it.

That’s really cool! I’d probably send up one of my amiibo if I could do this. 😃

Stop feeding the flat earth people! Who cares what they think! This was meant to be a cool video of a kid sending a video game into space. Don’t be a Buzzkill.

Anyone stop to think this craft may have more than one camera on it?

Cool video . The Earth is so spectacular and beautiful.

Litterbug.

cool

Not spherical just round. 😋

@Dethmunk it is obviously distortion due to the fish-eye lens /s

Yeah, you’d have to be an idiot to not be able to see it’s fisheyed. Even so “space” doesn’t exist till you reach 264,000 feet. There are weather balloons that go higher than 135,000 feet, and their footage always shows it as flat (when not using a GoPro or fisheye lens, of course).

This is proof that Earth is not only FLAT, but 2D PIXELART

A literal meaning to Earthbound. I love it!

I'd personally keep it. Selling the game to a stranger with no attachment to it like this kid likely has would be a mistake IMO.

It's probably riddled with radiation now lol, but someone will buy it.

@MeloMan The Van Allen Radiation Belt doesn’t begin till after the low earth orbit (roughly 400 miles above the surface of the earth). That’s where the radiation reaches dangerous levels.

A helium balloon going up to the edge of the atmosphere isn't enough to esape Earths gravity. Therefore it is technically still 'Earth bound'.

I'm just surprised that as high school student was able to send a camera into outer space and retrieve the footage. Seeing that the earth is 71% water-covered.

I would have sent up a copy a Bubsy 3D

I'd hate to see what he would do with a copy of Mother!

@jswhitfield8 This is Ronnie. As I said int the Kotaku article, "(I will not sell it) unless someone wants to trade stadium events for it!" The author of this article misinterpreted the joke.

@Heavyarms55 it'll be pretty far off. Mars has almost no magnetic field to shield it from solar wind. So it's constantly bombarded with radiation that would quickly kill you, unless you lived pretty deep underground, like a mole person. ;P

This is also why it has a thin atmosphere; solar wind keeps stripping it away. This is why we should take time to thank the almighty molten core of our planet.

This is great!

I'd send my Power Rangers In Space Deluxe Astro Megaship/zord toy while in ship mode.

"Set controls to outer space now
Flying higher than eeever beforeeee
Rangerssss...IN SPACE!
Go Power Rangers!
Go Power Rangers!
Go Power Rangers!
Go, Go, Go, Fly, Go!"

Ten years now since the In Space series aired, ending the Zordon era for good.

@DaNintendoyle excellent choice. No video game would be better for this than EarthBound.

I am a huge fan of EarthBound. And the story would only be improved with your knowledge of where the game has been.

And if through some freak accident this game were to end up in orbit, or even if it were to escape the Earth's gravity, I wouldn't even be mad. 😃 No game is more capable of defying realistic expectations, and no game is more deserving of space travel.

@ogo79 This is a misquote. It the email I wrote to Kotaku, I said that (and this is word for word) "I will definitely keep this copy of Earthbound for a while (unless someone wants to trade Stadium Events for it!)!" I would never accept offers for something like this. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

@TheNintendoyle
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That is some quirky work on the words and the act by the student. I will like to share it on https://paperleaf.ca/do-my-essay/ and encourage others to follow. And hope to achieve something sorta similar in future.