Thursday, April 17, 2008

Balloon flight to near space



This is really awesome and he even has a how to on the website.

"My project launched a payload with GPS, camera, sensors and
communications to an altitude of 30km. I obtained most parts ready
years ago, but only recently had time to finish it.

High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since price of GPS and
communications equipment has gotten quite low.
It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and
telerobotics and has many learning aspects —
from systems design to electronics design to software engineering.
There is also an exciting risk factor, namely, that you could lose your
precious electronics if something malfunctions.
In this project, many of my interest and knowledge areas came together.
Also, I have verified that the Earth is indeed round and that space is
black."



Flight 2 - High ALtitude Object
HALO High ALtitude Object Helium Balloon Mission to Near-Space

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