Monday, October 04, 2010

How cool is this?

A family sent a video camera into space using simple materials (and an iPhone):

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.



(as seen at Pacing the Panic Room)
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3 comments:

  1. Andy Jones4:44 AM

    I watched the entire video. I enjoyed the sense of vertigo from being so far into space, and then hurtling back down to earth.

    Thanks for sharing this.

    Andy

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  2. Jeff Mather6:27 AM

    That's really amazing!

    I want to go to space...

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  3. Exl Blogger8:36 PM

    A group in Cambodia did something like this. They had to bring in the helium from Thailand, and the recovery teams had to get land-mine safety training. They did get some amazing footage though:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gn9tuttCQg

    They have some links on Youtube if you want to learn more.

    Thanks to modern computers and camera technology, just about anyone can have a space program, at least while the helium lasts.

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