REAL LIFE NEWS: HOW TO DISPOSE OF YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE
by Hazed
Christmas is over, the decorations have come down, the cards have been put in the paper recycling bin, but what to do with the tree?
Here’s one idea: you could launch it into the sky!
Actually, you probably couldn’t, because this comes under the heading of “don’t try this at home” - some enterprising American inventors strapped 32 rocket motors to a fully decorated tree, dubbed it XMS Missile Toe, and launched it into the air.
What’s more, they fitted a “tree cam” to take video during the flight.
The tree was remotely triggered by the team of rocket scientists, and it flew about 100 feet into the air before coming down in a field.
You can see lots of pictures and watch a video of the airborne tree here.
