We have a project in South Australia called "Project Horus" which does this
on a regular basis, with budgets less than the cost of an iPhone!
http://projecthorus.org/
They use a system based off the same software as RASP to accurately predict
when and where their balloons will land (and it's usual
There is a link to the FAA rules on his website so he was aware of them.
http://www.brooklynspaceprogram.org/BSP/Space_Balloon.html. No comment on
compliance or not.
What an incredibly cool thing to do!
-Cath
On 21/10/2010, at 5:59 PM, Texler, Michael wrote:
> This story is cool if it is re
This story is cool if it is real.
Film footage is cool.
Apparently a Dad made a camera pod attached to a weather balloon for his
7 year old son in Brooklyn NY.
An iPhone was used as a GPS tracker so they could find it after the
capsule descended. A HD camera was also present.
Apparently reached
