Guy sends camera up 22 miles using helium balloon, awesome results

[whomario]

I thought this was a pretty amazing story. How do you come up with that ? Why didn´t i ?

Amazing Space Photos Taken With a Balloon and Compact Camera - Asylum.com (http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/25/amazing-space-photos-balloon-and-compact-camera/)

Collection: The Icarus Project - [email protected] - REDIRECT from www.robertharrison.org (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/collections/72157621244472915/)

750 bucks (per try) damn well spent :) :popcorn:


http://www.blogcdn.com/www.asylum.co.uk/media/2010/03/icarus-bix2-1269533453.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/3576368248_635064799b.jpg

[spleen1015]

I saw this on the news this morning. Pretty awesome.

[Edward64]

That is cool. I'll be willing to donate to a fund to support a FOFC'er who can do this?

[chesapeake]

Ditto. Maybe we should ping FOFC's resident rocket scientist.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Terpkristin, you have a call on the white courtesy phone. Tk to the white courtesy phone.

[Router Help]

You can do it for $150!

MIT Students Take Space Photos on $150 Budget. - CNN iReport (http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-328198)

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[gstelmack]

I'm waiting for one of these to take down an airliner or something. Typically you need FAA clearance to launch this type of stuff.

[chesapeake]

I'm waiting for one of these to take down an airliner or something. Typically you need FAA clearance to launch this type of stuff.

The guy that did it notes on his flickr page that he needed to get clearance fromt he UK equivalent.

[Subby]

We have NASA for this type of stuff, not sure why this is so awesome...

[chesapeake]

For me the awesomeness is that it doesn't require NASA to do.

[Antmeister]

We have NASA for this type of stuff, not sure why this is so awesome...

Because NASA didn't do it for under $1000.

[Subby]

heh...DOUBLE TOUCHE.