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The $150 [Near] Space Camera
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Source：Internet Author：Unknow Pubdate：2010-02-24
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wktaylor (Aeronautics)
16 Sep 09 10:40
Wow... This was truly an exciting cutting edge beer-budget engineering project that had to consider every aspect of high altitude flight, including launch and recovery! Hmmm.: I wonder if an extra [emergency plug-in?] battery pack for the camera and cell-phone could have allowed the combo to transmit each photo when taken [USB'ed together]... or on the descent???
I can't wait to see the photos strung-together in a video sequence!!!
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students-beat-nasa-on-beer-money-budget/
The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget
Bespoke is old hat. Off-the-shelf is in. Even but the students say they will be posting the step-by-step instructions soon. UPDATE: The instructions will be available for free, not $150, as earlier reported. 字串2
Project Icarus page [1337 Arts] http://space.1337arts.com/
Photo credit: 1337 Arts/Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh Regards, Wil Taylor - http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2009/09/thumb-660x495.jpg
KENAT (Mechanical)
16 Sep 09 10:58
That's what the world needs, more junk falling out of the sky to hit us. Posting guidelines FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm? (probably not aimed specifically at you)
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KirbyWan (Aerospace)
17 Sep 09 8:51
Great post Wil, I've always been a fan of repurposing equipment to do something new and cool.
I've always thought that using a hydrogen filled high altitude balloon as the first stage of a light orbital rocket would be a good idea. I know that it won't add any significant velocity to the rocket, and to get something orbital it needs velocity. But by getting it above most of the atmosphere you don't waste any thrust overcoming drag. The hydrogen would get it higher then the same balloon filled with helium and if you could figure out a way of combusting they hydrogen it might even work as a fuel tank. I don't know how much the very large high altitude balloons that nasa uses can lift, but I know they have reached 100k using helium which is above 99.9% of the atmosphere. I guess I'd have to think about stability since fins would be largely ineffective, but without aerodynamic loads the structure could be lighter. 字串5
-Kirby Kirby Wilkerson
Remember, first define the problem, then solve it.
IRstuff (Aerospace)
17 Sep 09 10:28
Clearly, this comes from the heart of American bias against intellectualism. Why the comparison against NASA; was there a competition going on?
Considering that both the GPS and the camera that they used owe much to NASA's and Air Force's development of technology and exploration tools, it's no wonder that they can enjoy the benefits of money that NASA previously invested.
So, yes, it's $150, now, but that's on top of billions of sunk costs by NASA. TTFN
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wktaylor (Aeronautics)
22 Sep 09 12:08
Dizzying time-lapse video of still-photos [every-5-seconds] strung together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBBRRp9DOQ 字串8
Regards, Wil Taylor
wktaylor (Aeronautics)
22 Sep 09 12:17
And here is the video-log of another amateur flight in Canada ~ late august 2009(???)... and remarkably similar to the flight by the the MIT college students...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-NMa8u0OJ8 Regards, Wil Taylor
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