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Old 10-10-2010, 08:12 PM   #1
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Very low budget super cool space flight!!!


Its cool that things like this are happening at the grassroots level.
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Old 10-10-2010, 08:25 PM   #2
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That's pretty damn awesome.
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Old 10-10-2010, 08:25 PM   #3
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That's pretty awesome.... Imagine if that guy was the first guy to catch footage of an orbiting space craft

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That's pretty awesome.. but I wonder how much radiation that craft got contaminated with before it landed
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only takes 70 mins to get to outer space !! LOL pretty awesome
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Old 10-11-2010, 01:27 AM   #6
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Some guys from MIT did something similar for only $150 in parts.
I would like to try it build one some day.
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Old 10-11-2010, 09:13 AM   #7
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Old 10-11-2010, 10:08 AM   #8
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NASA would've spent 150 Million on a mission like this, using equipment worth 15 million and being faced with 2-3 launch delays that cost 1.5 million each.
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Man that is sucha cool project. It would be worth doing sometime
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Old 10-11-2010, 01:50 PM   #10
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Lets do it.

Lots of info here. http://space.1337arts.com/
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I'm thinking it would be kinda cool to try it at night time rather day. Being able to see all the lights on etc
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that's awesome! I thought it would have landed in another state at least! Wonder what would happen if everyone in a city launched one at the exact same time! GG to some planes!
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Old 10-11-2010, 03:01 PM   #13
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Wow that's pretty awesome! I wonder if the U.S. military radar detected its presence or not.
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cool cool.
I would have thought you would need clearance from the FAA before launching somehitng like this.
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Old 10-11-2010, 03:30 PM   #15
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Also would have been better if it wasn't as cloudy.
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that's awesome!
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Wow that's pretty awesome! I wonder if the U.S. military radar detected its presence or not.
Balloon expanded to 18' across before it exploded... I think so haha.
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shit i got dizzy watching that
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Instead of making a new thread I thought I would just add this here!

Half price space flight test... half price compared to NASA...

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