Weather balloon GPS space flight iPhone camera footage homemade spacecraft 100,000 ft altitude

[Renew Deal]

Video from a camera attached to a weather balloon that rose into the upper stratosphere and recorded the blackness of space. Seven-year-old Max Geissbuhler and his dad Luke Geissbuhler dreamed of visiting space. Armed with just a weather balloon, a video camera, and an iPhone, they basically did just that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXkoIBDXwd8

Amazing!

[nykym]

1. Very Very Very

COOL! - Thank you!

[canadianbeaver]

2. WOW.....How awesome is that........

frickin awesome!!!

[lumpy]

3. Inspiring !

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[lumpy]

4. Inspiring !

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[formercia]

5. A lot cheaper than NASA, I imagine.

The hand warmer was a nice touch.

[cbdo2007]

6. Cool, that just saved me $200,000 on a space flight.

Eat your heart out balloon boy!!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. This is the coolest thing in the history of ever.

*DIES OF GEEKGASM*

[donco6]

10. LOL! Me too.

Puts my dumbass little model rockets to shame.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Wow!

[mrdmk]

9. Here is a link to the their Web Site!

link: http://www.brooklynspaceprogram.org/BSP/Home.html

This event was planned out perfectly.

Apparently, they are going to do it again... (Check out the above link!)


In their Web Site is a link for the FAA regulations for flying objects (i.e. unmanned free balloons, rockets, and etc.)

link: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=ea968eea871ed9ab2380f6d979eaa7a6&rgn=div5&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.15&idno=14


I am wishing them good-luck in their further endeavors.

[malaise]

11. Very cool

Thanks

[cbdo2007]

12. kick for coolness - So science people, what would they need to do....

to get it to go up another 50,000 feet or so??? Just get a bigger balloon so it can expand farther?

[Canuckistanian]

13. Seriously Cool

I might suggest that to my son for a science project.

[LoZoccolo]

14. You and me in a little toy shop...