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Hive13 Project
Space Program
Status:	Active
Start Date:	04/29/2010

[edit] What

As part of the Hackerspaces in Space competition, Hive13 will be sending a weather balloon to approximately 70,000 feet above sea level to capture photographs.

[edit] Equipment We Need

GPS
Cellphone
Balloon
Camera
Housing for everything
Parachute
Helium
- http://www.amusementrental.com/equipment.php -- $20 for tank, $10 for 100lbs helium - about $150 for the minimum amount we need (70 cubic feet at minimum)
- Place by me (reportingsjr) rents full tanks (230-250 cubic feet) for $150 and a $50 refundable deposit
Altimeter
- Could we build our own, like this?

[edit] Equipment We Have

8' Latex Weather Balloon
Chris' Flip HD camera
- Have run into a problem with the camera. Because of the FAT32 filesystem it uses, a single video is limited to a maximum size of 4GB. The first video I shot was 57 minutes long, and the wildly gyrating video we can expect from the balloon will be a good deal shorter. For the first launch we can probably just hit record right before launch and take what we get.
Ryan's Android G1
Styrofoam coolers
Parachute

[edit] FAA Rules Etc

Hey, read these ok?

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=ea968eea871ed9ab2380f6d979eaa7a6&rgn=div5&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.15&idno=14

[edit] To Do List

Figure out what combination of equipment we need to use to stay under the $250 limit.
Figure out what we need to do with the FAA to launch balloon
- As I understand it, payloads of under 4lbs do not require FAA notification, but it couldn't hurt to get confirmation. Fuzz 12:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Find a good a launch site
- Someplace that is not ... "within the lateral boundaries of the surface areas of Class B, Class C, Class D, or Class E airspace designated for an airport;"