Away 132 is in the hangar at the launch site ready to fly. We’re just waiting on a weather window.
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Away 132 Update
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021Inspecting the Ascender 9 Airship with a Drone.
Sunday, December 5th, 2021New Video: https://youtu.be/hx9xXsPJ0lk
Our airships are so big we use drones to inspect them.
This video is a quick pass above the top of the Ascender 9 Vee Airship.
Talking to the Submarine Video
Wednesday, November 24th, 2021New Video! https://youtu.be/PCdsPim3FeY
Bellavia is a shallow diving artificial intelligence submarine. Bella a test bed for Life support, systems integration and the AI – human interface. I run through a few commands so you can get the feel of what’s it’s like to interact with her. The submarine uses windows voice macros, Arduinos, C#, deep learning and old style expert system in its architecture. It seems an odd fit however the submarine is a key development tool and test bed for our Airship to Orbit program. She already shares code and systems with our high altitude airships.
Tandem Airship Video
Wednesday, November 24th, 2021New Video! https://youtu.be/SlHQM4E3nyw
From the live feed of the Tandem airship fighting through some wild chop to reach the edge of space.
Ascender 9 Walk Around Video
Thursday, July 29th, 2021UFO, aliens, just what is in the hanger? New Video: https://youtu.be/Lkj6lKTV30o This is a walk around look at the Ascender 9 high altitude airship while floating in the hanger undergoing tests. What’s in your hanger?
Away 131 Mission Bump
Thursday, July 29th, 2021Mission delay. Away 131 flight to 100,000 feet just got bumped due to weather. The forecast is showing cloud cover above (way above) legal mins. The fire just south of the flight area sending off pyrocumulus clouds and extreme wind events isn’t helping.
No Wings for Wally?
Tuesday, July 27th, 2021I don’t do opinion pieces. However, something has got to me & I’m making an exception. The FAA has changed it’s rules about who gets to be called an astronaut on the same day that Wally Funk flew to space denying them all wings. This is petty.
Video: https://youtu.be/Jx5dIA8LEqE
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