The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA
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The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA
I think that's pretty awesome.
The two students (from MIT, of course) put together a low-budget rig to fly a camera high enough to photograph the curvature of the Earth. Instead of rockets, boosters and expensive control systems, they filled a weather balloon with helium and hung a styrofoam beer cooler underneath to carry a cheap Canon A470 compact camera.
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Students website
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Cant wait for the instructions. Have to try it. Im going to ask the GFX team to design a logo and take pictures of it from 100,000 feet
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Using a 'weather balloon' is nothing new to get into the upper atmospheres.
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Of course not. But with just 150 dollars is. 
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I think that's pretty awesome.
The two students (
from MIT, of course) put together a low-budget rig to fly a camera high enough to photograph the curvature of the Earth. Instead of rockets, boosters and expensive control systems, they filled a weather balloon with helium and hung a styrofoam beer cooler underneath to carry a cheap Canon A470 compact camera.
more..
Students website
Sorry Aaron, this set me off, I've never cared for the 'see who I am' mentality. 
It's a good article though.
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