The stunt escalation on YouTube may have reached new heights with Mark Rober’s offer to snap anyone’s selfie with the planet Earth using a satellite he’s launching into orbit with the help of Google and T-Mobile.
Rober is a former NASA engineer who made a name for himself on YouTube by glitter bombing porch pirates, creating the world’s largest Super Soaker, and building an obstacle course for squirrels. Now he’s merging his interests with the launch of a satellite that can take photos of anyone’s portrait displayed on a Google Pixel with the Earth — yes, Planet Earth — in the background.
If you tell Rober where you live, he claims that he’ll take the selfie while the satellite is located over your city, and he’ll tell you exactly when…