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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Space Ballooning. Amateurs video space on their own.

Space Ballooning is a phenomenon.  A new hobby is developing.  People can launch a balloon with a GPS and a camera.  The balloon can take the camera to the edge of space, about 20 miles up, and film the curvature of the earth and space.  There the balloon pops and a parachute allows the camera to fall back to earth where the GPS can be tracked and you can go get your very own copy of space on your camera. 



http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students-beat-nasa-on-beer-money-budget/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5005022/Teens-capture-images-of-space-with-56-camera-and-balloon.html
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-balloon-home-photos-space,0,5393976.story
http://vimeo.com/15091562
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-09-21/tech/space.camera.icarus.ireport_1_mit-space-camera?_s=PM:TECH
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/13/father-son-team-launch-balloon-with-hd-camera-iphone-into-space/
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/balloon-camera-duct-tape-shoot-earth-pictures-space/story?id=10210658
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7_knvVcIqI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKeadhd7Qz8&feature=related
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