Interesting project happening.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Blumm - VE4MAB <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:27:31 -0500 Subject: Fw: sharp news To: FYI Subject: sharp news Shaftesbury High School will be launching a high altitude balloon (HAB) into near space with the hopes of reaching over 120 000 ft. We will be launching at 10 am from Elkorn Resort on October 23, 2012. This time our team of 30 students has decided to go higher and attempt more science investigations. We will be testing the effects of radiation on ecoli, doing an albedo effect experiment, testing 4 different styles of gps tracking systems and radar detection. We are also carrying temperature and radiation sensors (Geiger counter) and our four cameras for video and still pictures. We will also be using arduino programing to release a rc plane 100 km after launch. We hope to retrieve our payload later that day and then all the hard work will begin. We would love to have you come out and witness our launch or just follow us on twitter @shsballoon. Also we will be flying radio beacons with call numbers VE4SHS-9 or VE4SHS-10 and these can be followed on http://aprs.fi/ For more information go to www.shsballooonproject.pbworks.com<http://www.shsballooonproject.pbworks.com/> For additional questions, contact April McKnight, Rob Striemer or Adrian Deakin at (204) 888-5898 _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
