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Kenneth Schnautz

Cutdown Method via remote signals

Our school would like to use a cutdown mechanism this year relying on a two way communication between the ground and the balloon (at 95,000…

Started by Kenneth Schnautz

4 1 day ago
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Susan Gavin

Call for Papers & Student Posters

The Academic High Altitude Conference (http://www.taylor.edu/cri/HARP/ahc/?)  is issuing a call for papers and student posters. Papers shou…

Started by Susan Gavin

0 Mar 3
Cyndi Hall

Balloon Proposal Reviewers

Hello, The SC Space Grant Consortium recently received several proposals competing for a pod on our balloon to be launched this spring. We…

Started by Cyndi Hall

0 Jan 4
Teresa Beam

Supplies/Suppliers for Launches

Can anyone tell me the best suppliers of balloons, parachutes, rigging, and related launch supplies. I especially would like to know which…

Started by Teresa Beam

1 Dec. 11, 2009
Reply by Howard Brooks
Jason Krueger

Toshiba - Near Space Commercial

Toshiba launches a high-altitude balloon with a bunch of HD cameras and chair to promote its camera and TVs. This commercial gives everyone…

Started by Jason Krueger

0 Dec. 1, 2009
Jason Krueger

PRE-Burst Chaos

During the recent balloon launch on 11/12/09 we experienced a chaos on the way up. This was at 70,000 ft and actually caused the payloads t…

Started by Jason Krueger

0 Nov. 18, 2009
Jason Krueger

Free Easy Video Editing Software

I have just posted information on my blog about using some free video editing software. http://www.nearspacenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/fre

Started by Jason Krueger

0 Nov. 18, 2009
Susan Gavin

Curriculum

Here's Don Takehara's Gen-Ed Chemistry for living with the balloon platform curriculum. Does anyone else have curriculum they are using / w…

Started by Susan Gavin

0 Aug. 24, 2009
Steve Spicklemire

Have you seen this one? High altitude balloons replace satellites...

http://spaceloon.com/floating-balloons-wireless-communication

Started by Steve Spicklemire

6 Jun. 21, 2009
Reply by Howard Brooks
Jason Krueger

June 2009 Workshop Flight Data & Analysis

If the workshop attendees or others would post their findings or plotted data here so we can gain some new understanding to what happened o…

Started by Jason Krueger

1 Jun. 4, 2009
Reply by William H. Waller

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