An alternative to rockets for high altitude fun

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August 29, 2007 at 7:58 pm #39946
Adrian
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I love this. A Nikon Coolpix “launched” to the edge of space from what is clearly someone’s back yard.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/balloon-in-space/ordinary-guys-send-picture+taking-balloon-2227-miles-high-293245.php%5B/url%5D
August 29, 2007 at 9:47 pm #45123
Warren B. Musselman
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Try this one:

http://www.pegasushabproject.org.uk/
August 30, 2007 at 4:17 am #45124
Anonymous
This guy is from Iowa http://www.thefintels.com/aer/hab1.htm I’ve heard he has an awesome waiver. I need to look him up.
August 30, 2007 at 5:24 am #45125
Art Hoag
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John, those photos are too cool! You know you have really accomplished something when you can capture the curvature of the earth! Now what we need to do is start a project that would hit at least 130,000 feet and con Doug into installing a couple if high resolution cameras onboard that are set to trigger at apogee.

You see a few photos of the curvature of the earth fro time to time but most are fairly grainy. Imagine a clear photo from that far up!

Art
August 30, 2007 at 5:54 am #45126
Doug Gerrard
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I’ll do the camera payloads. Who’s doing the motor? Worse yet, whose doing the paperwork!

Doug
August 30, 2007 at 6:34 am #45127
JFreeberg
When someone watches Dougs movies they always say or think about how long of a burn the motor was. Can you imagine how long you would have to wait just to see the curvature of the earth with Dougs cameras. It would take forever. I would guess about one hour. From the point of ignition to the time of apogee. You then have to remember, once the rocket finally arcs over you still have to watch it for 2 more hours because this time it is coming down on parachutes. So when its all said and done all you really saw was ONE rocket launch in 3 hours. Even though you are thinking that is a lot of wasted time to watch the one flight you would still probably watch it because his footage is that damn good. At least I would. Way to go Doug. If you haven’t seen any of many masterpieces that Doug has to offer, you have to. I guarantee you will like it, if not your movie ticket will be refunded.

There will be no movie tickets given out to see Dougs movies.

Justin
August 31, 2007 at 1:12 am #45128
Art Hoag
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Justin, legally that print must be slightly bigger bud. Also, you are right about how long that would take, it would probably take longer then that even, but… you would need at least 1000 miles of film! I was talking about using high resolution still cameras that could be triggered at the top.

Art
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