Geostationary Banana Over Texas could have George Bush flying high
Like most everyone who isn’t from Texas, I was absolutely thrilled to learn about the Geostationary Banana Over Texas.
Yes, folks, in Oct. 2008, Texans will take some time off from killing its inmates to look skyward to see one big-ass banana.
Meant to be artistic commentary on the state of American politics and devised by Montreal artist César Saez, the banana will be a 1,000 foot helium blimp that Saez and crew hope to put into a low Earth orbit - between 100,000 to 160,000 feet -over Texas.
“I see Texas like a crossroads of important social and cultural happenings in the states and in the world,” Saez said.
The cost of the project is $1 million, but Saez has done well getting donors, including a $15,000 grand from the Canada Council of Arts.
Thus far, the project is sailing smoothly toward liftoff. Texas residents have seemed a bit perturbed over having a large banana hovering over them, however, many are much happier over this than the last stunt the Lone Star State produced - the Geostationary Bush Over A Dog’s Ass.
–WKW (With thanks to Melissa for the graphic)
September 26th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
I’m no scientician, but it seems to me that this “project” is little more than a million-dollar pipe dream. Is there some solid science involved in this project? I didn’t see any evidence of such at the website. And wouldn’t pie be more appropriate anyway?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
“scientician”
I’m not some sort of wordolgist….
Anyway, I don’t know if balloons can go into orbit either Rufus. Because if that was the case, it would seem they could save a lot of money launching satellites.