It's not like this isn't done frequently and I have never heard any reports of anyone being hit by one. Other than the one fatality from the WWII Japanese weather balloon bomb attacks on the Pacific Northwest. Not a joke; look it up.
Hams have been strapping transponders, beacons, repeaters, live video cameras and GPS transponders to weather balloons for decades; there's not really anything new here other than buying the gear at Best Buy. On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > That is pretty cool. > > I am glad that they mentioned alerting the FAA, because I could see > such an experiment drawing an armed response and being shot down... > which might lead to some cool video, admittedly. > > I have to wonder, though: what if that cooler fell through someone's > house or car? Oh God forbid hit and killed someone? Seems to me like > unless you are in a REALLY unihabited area, you run the risk of > causing damage and being liable for it. > > On Sep 28, 10:12 am, "Edward Crosby" <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is pretty cool. > > > > http://bit.ly/9M6EHd > > > > -- > > Have a Better One, > > Edward Crosbyhttp://www.edwardcrosby.com > > ----- > > "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > > Merlin Mann > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
