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DIY Space Photography

Posted by samzenpus on from the exploring-on-a-budget dept.

Four Spanish teenagers sent a camera-operated weather balloon into the stratosphere. The boys built the electronic sensor components from scratch. Gerard Marull Paretas, Sergi Saballs Vila, Marta Gasull Morcillo and Jaume Puigmiquel Casamort attached a £56 camera to a heavy duty £43 latex balloon, and sent their science project 20-miles above the Earth. Team leader Gerard Marull, 18, said, "We were overwhelmed at our results, especially the photographs, to send our handmade craft to the edge of space is incredible."

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  1. Next time I'm on an airplane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll be sure to be thinking of people putting random shit in the air.

    1. Re:Next time I'm on an airplane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Next time you're on an airplane we'll be sure to ground all birds worldwide so you're not worried about 'random shit in the air'.

  2. Google or no Google? by DavidJSimpson · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:

    "Proving that you don't need Google's billions ... [they] followed the progress of their balloon using high tech sensors communicating with Google Earth."

    Maybe they did need Google's billions.

  3. Re:BTDT? by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

    BTDT?

    Twiki? Is that you?

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  4. Re:Possible Malware on TFA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    No worries, most people don't RTFA

  5. Quite a balloon... by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to lift a 56 pound camera.

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