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Topic: Project Icarus: $150 Near Space Launch
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SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-21-2009 04:58 PM
   
A group of MIT students have apparently demonstrated the cheapest rig yet to successfully reach and image the upper stratosphere. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 09-21-2009 05:28 PM
Not bad. But did the thing deflect any giant meteors threatening Earth or end up on the Planet of the Apes?  That is what I call low budget though, very nice work! |
AJ
Member Posts: 511
From: Plattsburgh, NY, United States
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 09-22-2009 11:14 PM
Apparently, this sort of thing is not unheard of, although it is news to me. There are a number of websites devoted to "ham ballooning" and it sounds like a great hobby. Just bear in mind you have to let the FAA know what you are up to.  I'd love to hear if anyone else tries it. I'm seriously interested, but too busy with life at the moment, alas. |
NASA Glenn
Member Posts: 79
From: Cleveland OH
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 03-26-2010 11:34 AM
Has anyone else seen this photo from the edge of space taken by an amateur's backyard balloon?
...and a video from MIT students doing the same thing called Project Icarus.These guys are awesome. Editor's note: Threads merged.
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gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-26-2010 04:35 PM
Apparently NASA have contacted the British amateur who took several amazing photos. It actually got primetime news coverage and quite rightly so. They wouldn't say where he was authorised to launch from. |
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