Amazing video: Homemade space craft made it to "space"

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Old 10-18-2010, 09:56 AM
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Amazing video: Homemade space craft made it to "space"

This is pretty damn awesome and I would LOVE to do something like this.


Basically a father and his son (read: father and friends, but they credit the little kid so he can get some serious science p00n back at school) create a "space craft", which is basically a weather balloon with an i-phone attached which goes up into the upper atmosphere while sending back GPS coordinates and live footage, also equipped with a parachute so it can land safely. The video is awesome if you're into space and science.

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http://www.vimeo.com/15091562



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Originally Posted by brucelee
This is pretty damn awesome and I would LOVE to do something like this.


Basically a father and his son (read: father and friends, but they credit the little kid so he can get some serious science p00n back at school) create a "space craft", which is basically a weather balloon with an i-phone attached which goes up into the upper atmosphere while sending back GPS coordinates and live footage, also equipped with a parachute so it can land safely. The video is awesome if you're into space and science.

Video:
http://www.vimeo.com/15091562



Also, if you're having a trouble reading i-club because of the lame *** security warning screen, do this to get rid of it:
Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Security -> uncheck the "tell me if I'm visiting a suspected attack site"

That should solve the problem for i-club viewing.
Wow that was amazing Daniel! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to do stuff like that with my kid!
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Very cool!
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That was pretty cool.
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thats friggin badass. i cant help but wish i could feel that feeling of dropping from 100k feet. that would kick so much epic ***.
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Thats so awsome!!
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****in sweet.
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Originally Posted by brucelee
Also, if you're having a trouble reading i-club because of the lame *** security warning screen, do this to get rid of it:
Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Security -> uncheck the "tell me if I'm visiting a suspected attack site"

That should solve the problem for i-club viewing.
One could assume that by seeing this message...
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That is awesome!
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