MeatEtr Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Video from a camera attached to a weather balloon that rose into the upper stratosphere and recorded the blackness of space. Seven-year-old Max Geissbuhler and his dad Luke Geissbuhler dreamed of visiting space. Armed with just a weather balloon, a video camera, and an iPhone, they basically did just that.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXkoIBDXwd8 Thought this was pretty interesting and a helluva father/son project to under take. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Amazing that it landed so relatively close to where it took off. I wonder what the aviation regs are on doing that sort of thing?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 FAA rule part 101 applies in the USA & other countries will have their equivalent. Eg see this page for guidance on New Zealand requirements for various things that can impinge on airspace. Basically this balloon is too small to be regulated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Taking kite photography to a whole new level! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Very very impressive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I wonder where they got their idea. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8588156.stm British boffins, fantastic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/28/icarus-ii-launch-1/ I imagine rather like us there is a community of nutters 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/spacecraft.php :eek: A small Danish organisation funded entirely by sponsorship is developing a rocket to send a man into space. The capsule itself only has enough space for one astronaut who must stand upright during the course of the flight, looking out through a polymer Plexiglas dome. Because of the tight space constraints, the astronaut cannot move around inside it either − he will only be able to move his arms to operate the control systems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Great until he pukes over the plexiglass! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Great until he pukes over the plexiglass! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Um......returning by parachute might be interesting - it deployes from teh side of the craft towards the other end of the capsule, so he's hanging upside down for landing on that dome??:eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 On the face of it, that sounds totally nuts. I hope there is something they aren't telling us. I want to go on record right here and now to emphatically declare that I am not volunteering to fly this mission. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Standing upright in a rocket? Somehow that strikes me as the ideal way for G forces to do their worst. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Standing upright in a rocket? Somehow that strikes me as the ideal way for G forces to do their worst. Yeah. When I read that I wondered if they were expecting the rocket's acceleration to be very gentle. If that's the case, then it must be extremely long burning to be able to achieve the necessary velocity. Ergo, my observation that this whole plan is nuts. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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