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Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:57 pm

The Icarus project - Photos from space on the cheap

British guys rigs up a weather balloon and telemetry payload. Awesome.

Article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/8587749.stm

Photos and video:
http://gnews.com/science/Million-Dollar-NASA-Photos-Beaten-by-Budget-Balloon-632572225751.html

The guy's Flickr collection:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/collections/72157621244472915/
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Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:44 pm

Re: The Icarus project - Photos from space on the cheap

Best thing I've seen in a while. everything is possible...
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Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:04 pm

Re: The Icarus project - Photos from space on the cheap

That is extremely cool
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