father son spacecraft

father son spacecraft#323484

By rueful - October 8th, 2010, 11:50 pm

- October 8th, 2010, 11:50 pm #323484

saw this on cs and thought it was pretty sweet, father and son send a camera into space

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Re: father son spacecraft#325162

By El Scorcho - October 19th, 2010, 8:46 pm

- October 19th, 2010, 8:46 pm #325162

So, I don't want to be a Debbie Downer (because I tweeted a link to this vid and fully intend to attempt this myself eventually) but...

Technically it didn't go to space. It didn't even really go that high in the Earth's overall atmosphere. I mean, it's really awesome and impressive. It is. It just didn't go to space. It technically only made it to the Tropopause or maybe just to the edge of the Stratosphere. Just sayin'.

Great graphic explaining this: Learn the atmosphere!

Source: http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/earth-a ... phic-0326/

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Re: father son spacecraft#325211

By rueful - October 21st, 2010, 4:07 am

- October 21st, 2010, 4:07 am #325211

El Scorcho wrote:So, I don't want to be a Debbie Downer (because I tweeted a link to this vid and fully intend to attempt this myself eventually) but...

Technically it didn't go to space. It didn't even really go that high in the Earth's overall atmosphere. I mean, it's really awesome and impressive. It is. It just didn't go to space. It technically only made it to the Tropopause or maybe just to the edge of the Stratosphere. Just sayin'.

Great graphic explaining this: Learn the atmosphere!

Source: http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/earth-a ... phic-0326/

you make it seem so boring. someone posted a very similar response on cs.com, so yeah technically it didnt make it into "outer space" it still got higher than any of us have ever done with our iphones

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