This a a new one on me I saw online.
The Space Ball.
A ball with a parachute.
Chuck it in the air and it floats back down.
Neat and simple. A born stocking filler.
I wonder if it worked?
Did you have one?
The chute reminds me of the chute on the Project SWORD Apollo Saturn capsule.
The plastic ball makes me want to fill it with ice cream! Remember those?
I had a plastic ball, detailed like the Telstar satellite, back in the late sixties. Two pale blue halves with a chute inside, so simple and basic. It couldn't not work! Bill
ReplyDeletefabulous! I wonder if there's still one out there Bill?
DeleteThat toy is simplicity itself, sort of a dream version of Sputnik! SFZ
ReplyDeleteI agree SF, sometimes simplicity is the key. You could make a mini one of these out of a ping pong ball.
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