Space Race to the finish

[Dave]

Space from your armchair. "Luke Geissbuhler and his two sons are from New York City
... selected Newburgh as the launch site for their project that ended up sending the balloon and camera into space, where it captured amazing views above earth and outer space. Geissbuhler’s team had equipped the camera with a parachute and when the balloon burst, it came tumbling down to earth, landing only 30 miles north of its launch site.

newburghcircle.com/2010/09/30/up-in-the-air-above-newburgh/


Another HD Camera amateur experiment



And this is cool, the Toshiba Space Chair Project

[keith]

I am so jealous. When I participated in atmospheric electricity research, data from our balloon launches was squiggley lines on a chart recorder. Of course at that time mobile video recording would have involved a fork lift.

I am surprised that high altitude winds didn't carry the packages further down range.

[Dave]

Oct 2, 2010 7:59:54 GMT -5 keith said:

I am surprised that high altitude winds didn't carry the packages further down range.

At the end of the Newburgh tape, a caption reads, "Amazingly, the soft capsule lands only 30 miles north of the launch site due to a quick ascent and two differening wind patterns."

I don't know if one pattern blew it away and the other blew it back ... or what. It's still surprising, as you say.

I just noticed it landed 15 miles south of me in Rifton.

[Dave]

We should ask Westmo if Newburgh is supposed to be a good place for lack of wind or whatever might aid such a flight.

Which reminds me. Westmo, do you know how the Wright Brothers came to choose Kitty Hawk?
(Not a joke.)