[757labs] HackerSpaces in Space 2011

[Almost_There at COX.Net]

757 Labs in Space;

 >What day are we meeting?

     Matthew said his help is limited to Fridays, others said they'd 
try to work around what ever we come up with; so how 'bout this 
Friday evening, is 19:00 (7:00 PM) good for everyone?

     Ethan; is the last year's "Space Junk" still at the Lab, I 
didn't see it last time I visited?

     Is Harold in on this?  I think he wrote the code and as such is 
likely the only one who will really understand it.


     We need to...
     * Order a Balloon (I can do that, but we'll need to know what size)
     * Find out about Gas (I still recommend Helium, but it's a group decision)
     * Make a bigger Parachute (I did it last year, it's someone 
else's turn, but I can point you in the right direction)
     * Start learning about how to predict the Landing Zone (I did it 
last year, it's someone else's turn, but I can point you in the right 
direction)
     * Refurbish last year's "Space Junk"
     * Find out why the Buzzer quit last year (it wasn't the 
batteries, they were fine)
     * Make everything as light as possible (it was too heavy last year)
     * Register for the Contest and go over the rules
     * Organize the Launch Team, and the Tracking & Recovery Team
     * Countless other petty details that I can't think of right now


     Good Luck!
     Ken_S.

At 06:24 PM 10/18/2011, you wrote:
>I wonder what pictures of the moon are like when you're 90,000 feet high?
>
>What day are we meeting?
>
>Steve
>
>On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Almost_There at COX.Net 
><<mailto:Almost_There at cox.net>Almost_There at cox.net> wrote:
>
>757 Labs in Space;
>
>     WOW!  That would be really cool!  Apparently it's a prototype 
> and not available for sale yet (only a matter of time) but, if we 
> could build one (in a very short time frame, and a very tight 
> budget) we could have the best pictures anyone's ever taken of Near 
> Space; we'd almost have to win the contest!
>
>
>     Good Luck!
>     Ken_S.
>
>
>At 06:57 AM 10/18/2011, Trevor Lewis wrote:
>>
>>When I found this: 
>><http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/17103/throwable-panoramic-ball-camera.html>http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/17103/throwable-panoramic-ball-camera.html 
>>I immediately thought of this project. In a nutshell that 
>>camera/ball above has CCDs pointing in all directions. When the 
>>ball is chucked up in the air, and it reaches the top of the throw, 
>>it fires all the CCDs at once generating a 360 degree picture.
>>
>>To suspend something like this from the balloon would create some 
>>freakin *amazing* pictures.
>>
>>On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:18 AM, 
>><<mailto:telmnstr at 757.org>telmnstr at 757.org> wrote:
>>757 Labs in Space;
>>   So far Trevor, Steve, Ethan, and I have expressed interest; anyone else?
>>
>>
>>Does anyone else want to participate?
>>I'll say it again, it was a blast last year.
>>But time is running out fast.
>>I talked to Ken the other night, and we talked a bit about it.
>>My thoughts:
>>A: Go hydrogen. It can be done safely, and cut the cost.
>>B: Add temperature sensing and reporting via GPRS/Dallas 1 wire
>>C: Etch a PCB for the project this time.
>>D: Lets release/pop the balloon at the needed height after firing 
>>the camera a lot. We have pics from last time, we can use those to 
>>figure out where we need pictures and where we don't ?
>>Play the game to win the game better this time?
>>
>>
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