An admiring shout-out to this creative eccentric, who proves that engineering trumps technology.
This Yorkshire hobbyist rigged up a digital camera bought on eBay in a mount, complete with tracking device. Attached to a weather balloon, it travels some twenty miles to the edge of space, and captures stunning photos of the curvature of the earth. Balloon bursts, camera returns to earth by parachute, and our good Yorkshireman locates it with the tracking device.
Cost per exploratory trip to The Final Frontier: £500.
Green Shoots Nominee for creativity and inspiration.
The story mentions that NASA has shown some interest. Given what the current administration has done to its budget, this may be prudent!
HT to Breitbart.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
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