Comments on: Other Launches http://space.1337arts.com Photographs from near-space Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:49:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: michaelhttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-2#comment-31862 michael Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:37:16 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-31862 hey guys.very nice project.im being sponsored to do this project.im useing a gohero camera and im basically over doing it as far a sparachute and craft i have a page on facebook about it "Sin Fronters Space Program".i want to ask you some simple question like how did you attach the ballon and everything did you use zip ties or just knots.and they you buy tha parachute or did ya make it.im looking to do something crazy kool with thtis project.i would love to talk to one of you for a couple of minutes to get help from you guys thank you for your time hey guys.very nice project.im being sponsored to do this project.im useing a gohero camera and im basically over doing it as far a sparachute and craft i have a page on facebook about it “Sin Fronters Space Program”.i want to ask you some simple question like how did you attach the ballon and everything did you use zip ties or just knots.and they you buy tha parachute or did ya make it.im looking to do something crazy kool with thtis project.i would love to talk to one of you for a couple of minutes to get help from you guys thank you for your time

]]> By: Kylehttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-2#comment-20681 Kyle Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:51:44 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-20681 My friend Eli and his 6 year old son. Their design was a little different from yours, but a successful launch! See: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/02/24/2982766/a-toy-batman-digital-camera-and.html My friend Eli and his 6 year old son. Their design was a little different from yours, but a successful launch! See: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/02/24/2982766/a-toy-batman-digital-camera-and.html

]]> By: Miltonhttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-1#comment-17695 Milton Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:48:31 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-17695 Still waiting for this post to be added. Are you still accepting posts? Still waiting for this post to be added. Are you still accepting posts?

]]> By: Miltonhttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-1#comment-16514 Milton Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:41:20 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-16514 My high students just completed a launch in the Phoenix-Tucson area. It went 120 miles total- 50 more miles than the Wyoming predictions. The retrieval was a challenge. Our camera angle didn't allow for many atmospheric shots, but got some great ground shots and a few planes. I estimate that altitude to be between 80-100k. Question- anyone know of cheap, but reliable altimeters? Or is there another way to gauge altitude? I tried doing angular measurements of ground features, but not sure how reliable they are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRz58K16Ag My high students just completed a launch in the Phoenix-Tucson area. It went 120 miles total- 50 more miles than the Wyoming predictions. The retrieval was a challenge. Our camera angle didn’t allow for many atmospheric shots, but got some great ground shots and a few planes. I estimate that altitude to be between 80-100k.
Question- anyone know of cheap, but reliable altimeters? Or is there another way to gauge altitude? I tried doing angular measurements of ground features, but not sure how reliable they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRz58K16Ag

]]> By: Fernando J Hernandezhttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-1#comment-7540 Fernando J Hernandez Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:39:00 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-7540 Perkins K-8 School in San Diego was inspired by this experiment and a team of 8th grade students successfully recreated this experiment. We launched from the desert south of the Salton Sea. We used a Canon PowerShot SD780 IS programmed from a downloaded script for an intervalometer. We used the Motorola i290, hand warmers, and a $2.00 stryrofoam cooler. The phone shut down during flight. We believe that the hand warmer were not able to keep it warm. The camera also shut down after the balloon had burst. A city worker in Salton City, California found our project, turned on the phone and we were able to track it to his home using accutracker. We will post all 1,200 pictures on our website in mid-August 2010 and we will repeat this experiment again using video cameras. Thank you for inspiring us. Perkins K-8 School in San Diego was inspired by this experiment and a team of 8th grade students successfully recreated this experiment. We launched from the desert south of the Salton Sea. We used a Canon PowerShot SD780 IS programmed from a downloaded script for an intervalometer. We used the Motorola i290, hand warmers, and a $2.00 stryrofoam cooler. The phone shut down during flight. We believe that the hand warmer were not able to keep it warm. The camera also shut down after the balloon had burst. A city worker in Salton City, California found our project, turned on the phone and we were able to track it to his home using accutracker. We will post all 1,200 pictures on our website in mid-August 2010 and we will repeat this experiment again using video cameras. Thank you for inspiring us.

]]> By: Hendrikhttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-1#comment-7462 Hendrik Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:29:42 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-7462 Nice Pics!! You inspired us to launch a Near Space Photography Ballon! http://die-kakaobohne.de/index.php/32km Greetings from Germany! Nice Pics!! You inspired us to launch a Near Space Photography Ballon!

http://die-kakaobohne.de/index.php/32km

Greetings from Germany!

]]> By: Jeremy Chrzanhttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-1#comment-7355 Jeremy Chrzan Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:21:21 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-7355 Thanks guys. After seven months of planning, I launched this weekend in Pennsylvania. I had a few condensation problems during the ascent and descent, but it accomplished the goal of photographing the curvature of the earth, the blackness of space, and doing it on a relatively low budget. And it was a ton of fun, i.e. a lot of work but a good excuse to use PV=nRT. Thanks again. <a href="http://www.chrzan.com/CurveOne/CurveOne.html" rel="nofollow">www.chrzan.com/CurveOne/CurveOne.html</a> Thanks guys. After seven months of planning, I launched this weekend in Pennsylvania. I had a few condensation problems during the ascent and descent, but it accomplished the goal of photographing the curvature of the earth, the blackness of space, and doing it on a relatively low budget. And it was a ton of fun, i.e. a lot of work but a good excuse to use PV=nRT. Thanks again.
http://www.chrzan.com/CurveOne/CurveOne.html

]]> By: Greghttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-1#comment-6840 Greg Wed, 19 May 2010 16:15:37 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-6840 We launched last weekend and put together a site... have a look. http://sites.google.com/site/ledzeppelinweatherballoon/ We launched last weekend and put together a site… have a look.

http://sites.google.com/site/ledzeppelinweatherballoon/

]]> By: Joe Space Touristhttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-1#comment-4850 Joe Space Tourist Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:38:23 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-4850 <a href="http://www.joespacetourist.com/2010/01/near-space-photography-attempts-1-and-2.html" rel="nofollow">Here's another one</a>: this weekend, a couple people and I launched a laptop in a styrofoam cooler attached to a weather balloon for a high-school project. We launched an entire laptop because we wanted to <b>transmit images to the ground</b> along with the GPS data! The balloon turned out to be leaky, so we only got a few hundred feet up before it came back down, but not before we transmitted some incredible images from a laptop drifting across the sky. Methods and details here: <a href="http://www.joespacetourist.com/2010/01/near-space-photography-attempts-1-and-2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joespacetourist.com/2010/01/near-space-photography-attempts-1-and-2.html</a> Here’s another one: this weekend, a couple people and I launched a laptop in a styrofoam cooler attached to a weather balloon for a high-school project. We launched an entire laptop because we wanted to transmit images to the ground along with the GPS data! The balloon turned out to be leaky, so we only got a few hundred feet up before it came back down, but not before we transmitted some incredible images from a laptop drifting across the sky.
Methods and details here: http://www.joespacetourist.com/2010/01/near-space-photography-attempts-1-and-2.html

]]> By: Stephenhttp://space.1337arts.com/other-launches/comment-page-1#comment-3375 Stephen Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:23:42 +0000 http://space.1337arts.com/?page_id=156#comment-3375 You should launch a glider (as mentioned above) with a digital camera to get cleaner return footage. <a href="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-09/st_alphageek" rel="nofollow">This guy wants to launch a paper airplane from space</a>. You should launch a glider (as mentioned above) with a digital camera to get cleaner return footage. This guy wants to launch a paper airplane from space.

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