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Guy sends camera up 22 miles using helium balloon, awesome results
I thought this was a pretty amazing story. How do you come up with that ? Why didnīt i ?
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03-26-2010, 12:45 PM | #2 |
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I saw this on the news this morning. Pretty awesome.
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03-26-2010, 12:48 PM | #3 |
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That is cool. I'll be willing to donate to a fund to support a FOFC'er who can do this?
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03-26-2010, 12:57 PM | #4 |
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Ditto. Maybe we should ping FOFC's resident rocket scientist.
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03-26-2010, 01:39 PM | #5 |
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Terpkristin, you have a call on the white courtesy phone. Tk to the white courtesy phone.
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03-26-2010, 01:40 PM | #6 |
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You can do it for $150!
MIT Students Take Space Photos on $150 Budget. - CNN iReport Hardware Ŧ 1337arts |
03-26-2010, 01:58 PM | #7 |
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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.
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03-26-2010, 02:00 PM | #8 |
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03-26-2010, 02:02 PM | #9 |
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We have NASA for this type of stuff, not sure why this is so awesome...
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03-26-2010, 02:51 PM | #10 |
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For me the awesomeness is that it doesn't require NASA to do.
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03-26-2010, 04:59 PM | #11 | |
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Because NASA didn't do it for under $1000.
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03-26-2010, 05:09 PM | #12 |
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heh...DOUBLE TOUCHE.
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