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I want to launch a gopro into space

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I am thinking about sending a gopro to 100,000 ft using a weather balloon. Has anyone on ns done this before? If you have do you have any tips? K+ for real answers.


Will post results of the flight.
Nov 8 2013 12:03PM
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HamFaceGirl
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There's that video somewhere on the internet
Nov 8 2013 12:13PM
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McLS
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/threads for when op looses/gets stolen his go pro.

It would be cool footage tho
Nov 8 2013 12:16PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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http://rcexplorer.se/projects/2013/03/fpv-to-space-and-back/
watch the video at the end
Nov 8 2013 12:18PM
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penguiin
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one of my friends did it and it was pretty fucking cool. Just make sure you put a tracker on it.
Nov 8 2013 12:27PM
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SamtheEagle
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yup gps tracker but still there is a good chance you will lose it so fair warning. Post the footage up though. sounds tight
Nov 8 2013 12:43PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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i have actually really looked into this. helium is getting very expensive and hard to find so hydrogen is a better bet. But of course it is very flamable, so careful!
Also this website
http://weather.uwyo.edu/polar/balloon_traj.html
might be one of the fucking coolest things on the internet
Nov 8 2013 12:45PM
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thanks guys
Nov 10 2013 4:31PM
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TechnoPotamus
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threads for when this guy learns the difference between losing something (I lose my mind when people don't know basic english and grammar), and when he tightens up on his loose writing skills.
Nov 10 2013 4:48PM
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YoungJ
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You just gave me an idea for a senior project. thank +++k
Nov 10 2013 4:51PM
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arnie_grape
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natty ice sent a natty ice into space like that with a camera on it
Nov 10 2013 5:19PM
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SlurmrnHurnyBurn
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Ask the government to sponsor your mission.
Nov 10 2013 5:22PM
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deleted5
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tosh.0 did this with a space pop its been done a ton.
Nov 10 2013 5:31PM
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DockEllis
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A buddy of mind did this, launched it from a rooftop in Atlanta and it ended up somewhere in South Carolina, got some cool footage from it, especially when it got above the clouds.
Nov 10 2013 6:27PM
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.Capn.
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I did this for a school project. Really not very difficult at all. We used a lunch box to hold everything and that insulated it all fine as well. We had to use a ham radio to find it but you can probably just put a cell phone in too and use the GPS. Putting something on the payload to minimize spinning is also a plus. Have fun!
Nov 10 2013 6:39PM
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Phil-X-
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Hello, airplanes? Yea its blimps, you win.
Nov 10 2013 6:45PM
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YoungJ
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what do you think should be used for the tracking device?

Nov 10 2013 6:47PM
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whackhouse
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tie it to a balloon and then tie that around your waste to get some next level pov footage

Dec 26 2013 9:14PM
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skiierman
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"Uh yeah, for like my senior project, I decided to tie a camera to a balloon so it could like go really high up in the air and then I could watch the footage afterwards."

"Oh, wow, that's impressive, Johnny Moseley. What'd you have to do to achieve this remarkable footage?"

"Uh, I like tied a GoPro to a big balloon BUT I also had to tape a GPS tracker to it to find it afterward."

"That must have been quite the learning process, Johnny! You're definitely getting an 'A' for taping a fucking camera to a balloon and letting it go, even though an Autistic child could do it! You really achieved something here, Mr. Moseley."



That's what they're going to say to you. You'll be a bigger laugh than the kid with a baking soda volcano.
Dec 26 2013 9:26PM
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YoungJ
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Well I've actually put a lot of work together and I'm going to have data recorders and I have a flight simulator that will predict the balloons landing location and then ill do some calculations(to far over your head skiierman) and make it some thig worthy of a senior project
Dec 26 2013 9:43PM
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skiierman
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"and I also taped these other expensive computers that tell me everything I can't figure out. I then googled algebra-level equations to figure out useless bullshit like rate of ascent."


"Wow, Johnny, you never cease to amaze. I'm sure you've inspired more people than NASA with this harrowing project."
Dec 26 2013 9:52PM
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PeppermillReno
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They probably know the difference.  You are not impressing ANYONE pointing it out.


Its a message board and some people type like they speak.  And in speaking the proper spelling of a word is irrelevant.  Hence why it can often be typed incorrectly.


Why do you hold people's posts on newschoolers to the standard of professional or academic work?  I can understand being appalled if you read it in the newspaper but a message board?
Dec 26 2013 10:01PM
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