I suspect the world would be better if that percentage were even greater.
Another nifty balloon project…
Luke Gesissbuhler did a balloon launch, lofting an HD video camera and an Apple iPhone to lofty heights before recovering them. Very nice. The footage right after burst was kind of cool: I was wondering whether the fragments of the balloon or parachute tangled with the camera: perhaps dangling the camera on a longer tether could reduce the possibility of them tangling. Still, it all worked out in the end (and rather brilliantly!).
Inspirational.
Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.
Comment from Don, WB9MJN
Time 12/22/2010 at 5:40 am
Very neat…Has anybody tried a two-stage baloon? Get it up to the stratosphere on the primary baloon, let that burst, then the secondary baloon with lower inflation keeps the vehicle aloft for a long duration flight?