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31.5514° N, 97.1558° W 31.5514 -97.1558

Important Links

  • Balloon Burst Calculator
  • Balloon Path and Landing Predictor
  • box.com – media storage
  • DuPuy Oxygen & Supply
  • Earth Wind Map Wind visualization
  • FAA Rules Governing Free-Balloon Operations
  • Find Me Spot
  • Google Earth
  • GoPro Cameras
  • HAB hub
  • High Altitude Balloons
  • Home: Weather Weather Station at home
  • Kickstarter – Starduster
  • Launch Updates via SMS
  • Online Stopwatch
  • rocketman.com – Parachute Store
  • SPOT – GPS Satelite Messenger
  • Ventusky Wind animation
  • XX – Balloon Path and Landing Predictor (depreciated)

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Video – Local press picked up the story

Local press picked up the story and we’re all over the front page of the ‘Local’ section. The BEST part is that a video editor at the paper put together a perfect best-of video. With two weeks of solid effort I couldn’t do any better. If I can get an HD version I’ll post it. […]

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Update #30 – Launch Video – External iPhone

Launches don’t happen without a tight group of competent, motivated, patient people. Mike wins the award for being the best ‘steely-eyed missile man‘ in the business that morning. I can’t stress that enough. ‘Out’ GoPro screen-grab ‘Down’ GoPro screen-grab   Crew: Mike Hannon, John Lowe, Lilly, Liz Haddad, Josh Ward *Dad gets credit for naming […]

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Update #29 – Delivering content – Update 2 of 2

Sorry for the delay. I had to set up a box.com account to accommodate the 60GB raw HD videos. The GoPros chunk them into 12 minute, ~2.1GB files. There is a ‘down’ and and ‘out’ camera plus a few still shots pre-launch. Let me know what you think. It’s been a blast to go through […]

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Update #28 – Delivering content – Update 1 of 2

There will be two updates tonight. These are screenshots taken directly from my laptop. These are individual frames from the HD video. The second update will come in an hour or so. I have ~60GB of video to upload to cloud storage. I had to get the miniSD cards into a machine, then back them […]

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Update #27 – Success!!

On the road headed home. Full debrief to come. I can’t stop smiling. Attaching photos of photos just to give you something for now. Will upload raw video tonight. Standby for details.

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