ECHIDNA ASTRONAUT LAPS UP SPIKE IN SPACE TRAVEL
NOT many people can say they’ve been to space twice, and even fewer toy echidnas have tackled that feat.
But Anstey the toy echidna has taken two 37,000m trips into space attached to a balloon, which eventually explodes sending her back to ground in South Australia.
Both of Anstey’s journeys ended with crash landings in the Murray Mallee region, all captured on the Go-Pro attached to her during her trip.
Tea Tree Gully library community events and history officer David Brooks said Anstey’s latest landing earlier this month was eventful.
“This time she landed in a tree (near Barmera) which wasn’t ideal,” he said.
The launch on July 7 was facilitated as part of a kids’ space group in which kids aged 10 to 15 meet monthly with space experts. “It all culminated into sending Anstey into space again and it was great fun. If we do it again we’ll get the kids on the 3D printer and get them to design and choose what they send into space,” Mr Brooks said.