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High Schoolers Push Down Price of Near-Space Photography

Posted by timothy on from the can-I-get-a-student-discount dept.

Floodge writes "High School students at Explore Knowledge Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada have launched a near space photography balloon which took over 2000 pictures of Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, and much more! The 'space craft' was built from used and recycled components for under 60 dollars and was inspired by MIT students Project Icarus in 2009." Near-space photography via balloon isn't quite new any more, but price is a great frontier to explore. And I'm glad that there's a school called "Explore Knowledge Academy."

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  1. Nothing new by kuzb · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is not new or exciting. This gets done a few times every year by random people, I'd hardly call it news.

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