Difference between revisions of "Hackers in space"

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* [http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students-beat-nasa-on-beer-money-budget/ Wired article on MIT balloon project]
 
* [http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students-beat-nasa-on-beer-money-budget/ Wired article on MIT balloon project]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5005022/Teens-capture-images-of-space-with-56-camera-and-balloon.html
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* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5005022/Teens-capture-images-of-space-with-56-camera-and-balloon.html Teens in Spain attempting the project]
Teens in Spain attempting the project]
 
 
* [http://bear.sbszoo.com/bear3-4/bear4.htm Canadians in space]
 
* [http://bear.sbszoo.com/bear3-4/bear4.htm Canadians in space]
 
* [http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cuspaceflight/media.php Cambridge University team]
 
* [http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cuspaceflight/media.php Cambridge University team]

Revision as of 16:02, 17 February 2010

Place your notes on the hackerspace in space project here:


Here are links from Scott Foerster:

http://www.eoss.org/pubs/far_annotated.htm faa regulations about this http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=ea968eea871ed9ab2380f6d979eaa7a6&rgn=div5&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.15&idno=14 interpretations of faa regulations


We have all the material to launch. The problem is the jet stream predicting sites placed pickup out in the Atlantic 100 miles all fall. http://weather.uwyo.edu/polar/balloon_traj.html http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cuspaceflight/wiki/doku.php#welcome_to_the_cu_spaceflight_wiki http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cuspaceflight/predict/

We need to build the fm locator .... circuit. We have the camera, cell phone, weather balloons, parachute, packaging system Need to practice with the parachutes Need to work on the packaging .. right now is not water proof, have net but have not built the rope from it to the parachute I will send some students to the Node with all the stuff if you give me date and time.