Watch This Amazing 12-Year-Old Launch a Hello Kitty into Space [Video]

NASA doesn’t have a lock on space exploration anymore. Just ask Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader in Antioch, Calif., who recently launched a balloon to 93,625 feet* using a do-it-yourself balloon kit from High Altitude Science.

By Michael Moyer

Full Story: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/02/04/watch-this-amazing-12-year-old-launch-a-hello-kitty-into-space/?WT_mc_id=SA_WR_20130206

(Many thanks to David Nelson for sharing)