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    Posted: 18 October 2010 at 4:13am
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That. Is. Sick.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tical3.0 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2010 at 9:30am
That is a gnarly little project... if I had money to spare on a new HD cam and iPhone
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote agentwhale007 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2010 at 12:52pm
Some Brit teens did it a while ago too

It's only a matter of time before this catches on as a cool fad and the FAA becomes none too pleased about it.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Benjichang Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2010 at 12:58pm
Pssh. I been sending Polaroids into space way before it was cool.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mack Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2010 at 3:57pm
^^^ Yeah, Polaroid projects are easy.  I remember this one time that I . . .





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I heard about this on Buzz Out Loud. Cool project.
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Irrelevent fact: the Japanese used to send balloons over during WWII with bombs...one actually hit someone, although it wasn't announced at the time to prevent panic in the US.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote DaveEllis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2010 at 5:47pm
Originally posted by Benjichang Benjichang wrote:

Pssh. I been sending Polaroids into space way before it was cool.

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Originally posted by Blacksheep Blacksheep wrote:

Irrelevent fact: the Japanese used to send balloons over during WWII with bombs...one actually hit someone, although it wasn't announced at the time to prevent panic in the US.


Yeah, I saw a few of them as a kid in a museum
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Originally posted by Blacksheep Blacksheep wrote:

Irrelevent fact: the Japanese used to send balloons over during WWII with bombs...one actually hit someone, although it wasn't announced at the time to prevent panic in the US.

One of them carrying an incendiary bomb made it as far as Iowa and started a field on fire.

Also, some of them would actually carry locusts to destroy crops.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Darur Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 October 2010 at 12:04am
Originally posted by agentwhale007 agentwhale007 wrote:

Some Brit teens did it a while ago too

It's only a matter of time before this catches on as a cool fad and the FAA becomes none too pleased about it.

Nah, People have been sending those up for years. The SmallSat program I'm part of over here does Balloon launches just like that with local high school students and there are a bunch of other Universities that do similar programs. 
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Oh jeez. It HAD to be an Iphone
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