Backyard weather balloon sent to space
 

A couple guys rigged a video camera and an iPhone to a weather balloon and let it go, then tracked it down to recover it.


http://vimeo.com/15091562

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very cool

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Thats awesome, amazing how it only was 30 miles away when it landed.

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Pretty cool

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That's what I thought considering it encountered 100mph+ winds in the upper atmosphere.

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Wow that video was really inspiring! That child is gonna change the world in the future if he keeps up being interested in awesome things like that. Great parent as well. :)

Re: Backyard weather balloon sent to space
 

freaking sweet. I personally consider space to be anything further than 300 miles away from earth, lol. SO it went to the upper atmosphere, not space. I'd like to make something like that sometime. You could keep it going too and get way way out there.

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Awesome video

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amazing!

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I'm gonna go buy some weather ballons and a lawn chair and maybe a oxgyen tank. Brb going to space! Ha They did this same thing on G4 its effen science but i think it landed like a 100 miles away or somthing crazy.

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That's awesome. I only got model rockets as a kid, this kid is super lucky.

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Haha, and those go what, 1 mile up at most?

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If that.