Comments on: Homebrew Space Photography http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/15/homebrew-space-photography/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Zhang http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/15/homebrew-space-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-4805 Michael Zhang Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:15:30 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=6554#comment-4805 I actually had the same question. After a little Googling, it appears that in the US you can launch weather balloons whenever you want as long as they meet size and weight guidelines... Not sure though.<br><br>If anyone knows, please fill us in! :-) I actually had the same question. After a little Googling, it appears that in the US you can launch weather balloons whenever you want as long as they meet size and weight guidelines… Not sure though.

If anyone knows, please fill us in! :-)

]]> By: Andreas T. http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/15/homebrew-space-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-4804 Andreas T. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:03:57 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=6554#comment-4804 Oh yeah. And I have a question here... How can aircraft flying in the path of this contraption know to avoid it? I mean do you want to be flying a two turbine craft at an altitude of a mile and find out that one of the turbines went gaga because it sucked up some geek's contraption? Oh yeah. And I have a question here… How can aircraft flying in the path of this contraption know to avoid it? I mean do you want to be flying a two turbine craft at an altitude of a mile and find out that one of the turbines went gaga because it sucked up some geek's contraption?

]]> By: Andreas T. http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/15/homebrew-space-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-4803 Andreas T. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:55:47 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=6554#comment-4803 Several months ago, two kids from MIT in Cambridge MA, did this for a cost of a few hundred dollars... They went high enough to capture the curvature of the earth, and the balloon landed fairly close (at least within Massachusetts) to their location.<br><br>Apparently anyone can do it. I am not going to get into the differences in quality, etc., but it has been proven doable. Several months ago, two kids from MIT in Cambridge MA, did this for a cost of a few hundred dollars… They went high enough to capture the curvature of the earth, and the balloon landed fairly close (at least within Massachusetts) to their location.

Apparently anyone can do it. I am not going to get into the differences in quality, etc., but it has been proven doable.

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