Interesting and symbolic, if not potentially uplifting, effort by a collection of Sicilian scientists.
"Sicilian amateur scientists have launched a model cannolo, a cream-stuffed pastry roll symbolic of the Italian island, into the stratosphere, capturing bizarre images of the dessert flying far above the earth.
The 'Sicilian Space Program', which cost a rough total of 350 euros,
had symbolic importance as well as being a scientific feat, the three
natives of the island town of Enna behind it told Reuters.
"Sicily has always been a place of negative connotations, mafia and
unemployment. We wanted to lift up Sicily in our own way," said
filmmaker Fabio Leone, 34, who recorded the project with Antonella
Barbera, 38.
Their heavily
indebted island, long plagued by organized crime, was forced to impose a
strict spending program by Rome in 2012 and has one of the highest
unemployment rates in Italy."
Let me close by saying - Leave the parachute. Take the cannoli.
Read article here.
