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I sent a balloon to space and photographed Venus for under $200. Ask me anything

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Re: I sent a balloon to space and photographed Venus for under $200. Ask me anything

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Post by sukuriant »

adestefan wrote: post #2

"BTW, our balloon just missed a JetBlue aircraft while on its way to near-space. (It was still safe as we notified nearby airports of our launch)." Does that statement scare the bejesus out of anyone else?

No. Define "just missed". Flying across country (Florida to Washington), I saw another plane flying in the other direction. The plane looked and felt like it was right next to us, like .. hundreds of yards apart. Cross-country planes do this all the time, so far as I can gather.

[edit: fixed typo, added ending to sentence]

Re: I sent a balloon to space and photographed Venus for under $200. Ask me anything

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Post by jonnathanson »

adestefan wrote: post #2

"BTW, our balloon just missed a JetBlue aircraft while on its way to near-space. (It was still safe as we notified nearby airports of our launch)." Does that statement scare the bejesus out of anyone else?

Meh. It was for a good, innocent cause, and he says he took the trouble to notify nearby airports.

I have much more of a problem with the legions of dumbasses out there shining laser pointers directly at passing aircraft.

Re: I sent a balloon to space and photographed Venus for under $200. Ask me anything

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Post by adestefan »

sukuriant wrote: post #4
adestefan wrote: post #2

"BTW, our balloon just missed a JetBlue aircraft while on its way to near-space. (It was still safe as we notified nearby airports of our launch)." Does that statement scare the bejesus out of anyone else?

No. Define "just missed". Flying across country (Florida to Washington), I saw another plane flying in the other direction. The plane looked and felt like it was right next to us, like .. hundreds of yards apart. Cross-country planes do this all the time, so far as I can gather. [edit: fixed typo, added ending to sentence]

I thought the same thing. Wondered if it was within the 3 mi/1000 mi box.

Re: I sent a balloon to space and photographed Venus for under $200. Ask me anything

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Post by matthiasb »

I really like their project. The pictures are amazing. Too bad we can't watch the video on their web site (http://www.thelimitisinfinity.com/) from the US (This video contains content from EMI, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. Sorry about that.)

Re: I sent a balloon to space and photographed Venus for under $200. Ask me anything

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Post by civilian »

cryptoz wrote: post #7

30km up is not "to space". Not even "near space", if we take the Kármán line at 100km to be the generally agreed upon definition. The balloon is amazing and impressive but this headline is misleading.

Look at the pictures: http://www.thelimitisinfinity.com/ For laymen, it's a pretty good definition of getting into space. And it sure looks like space!
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