Cheapo Camera+Massive Condom=Spanish Satelite.

2009-03-21 13:10:18

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6929|so randum

Seriously

TimesOnline wrote:
Like something out of Heath Robinson, four Spanish teenagers equipped with nothing more than a £56 digital camera and a latex balloon captured stunning pictures of the Earth from the stratosphere.

As part of a school project, the budding scientists floated the camera-operated weather balloon 20 miles above the ground to capture the images.

Gerard Marull Paretas, Sergi Saballs Vila, Marta Gasgull Morcillo and Jaume Puigmiquel built the electronic sensor components from scratch and sent them to the edge of space using only a £43 latex balloon.

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00506/space_506247a.jpg

The students followed the progress from inside a car with an antenna on the top, like something from a Sixties spy film. Guardia Civil officers quizzed them over what they were up to.

Mr Marull, 18, said: "We never thought it was something that we could do. To send a handmade craft to the edge of space was incredible.

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2009-03-21 13:15:04

#2

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6652|Escea

Did they get it back?

nonetheless

2009-03-21 13:15:27

#3

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6929|so randum

M.O.A.B wrote:
Did they get it back?

nonetheless

Yep!

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2009-03-21 13:15:28

#4

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7195|UK

thats pretty fucking

2009-03-21 13:16:23

#5

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6899

How the hell did they get it back on such a low budget?

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2009-03-21 13:16:50

#6

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6966|Long Island, New York

...Jesus titty fucking Christ.

That's incredible.

I'd figure the balloon wouldn't have enough power to get it up that high, but I guess not. Wow.

2009-03-21 13:18:55

#7

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6929|so randum

edited OP for source

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2009-03-21 13:23:54

#8

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6652|Escea

FatherTed wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:
Did they get it back?

nonetheless
Yep!

At first I was like , then I was like

Uzique wrote:
How the hell did they get it back on such a low budget?

£30 air rifle and a very steady arm tbh

2009-03-21 13:24:56

#9

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5972|Toronto

"The incredible experiment has aroused the attention of scientists at the University of Wyoming in the US."

Wyoming of all places. 90% of the time I forget it exists. Now the project is doomed to obscurity if all it could muster was support like that.

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2009-03-21 13:26:20

#10

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6929|so randum

i love it when 'aroused' and 'scientists' are used in the same sentence

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2009-03-21 13:27:45

#11

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6994|Area 51

Uzique wrote:
How the hell did they get it back on such a low budget?

Nasa could learn something from them

2009-03-21 13:38:59

#12

Jebus: Looking for my Scooper; +218|6193|Belgium

Uzique wrote:
How the hell did they get it back on such a low budget?

I guess they pulled the rope.

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2009-03-21 13:41:09

#13

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7094|NT, like Mick Dundee

M.O.A.B wrote:
Uzique wrote:
How the hell did they get it back on such a low budget?
£30 air rifle and a very steady arm tbh

Deflated itself actually.

Their budget looks to have been closer to about 100 pounds too. The balloon + camera + scratch built sensor would together probably have cost around that much I think. Maybe a bit more.

Still awesome though. Well done to them.

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