Comments on: Mesospheric Explorer 2 Launch http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=3820 Our Journey to Space Sun, 11 Dec 2022 19:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Karl Hallowell http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=3820#comment-77317 Karl Hallowell Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:04:27 +0000 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=3820#comment-77317 We were trying both to overtake Tandem and reach a pretty high altitude. Neither worked out. We reached launch late and ME 2 came down prematurely. The shear layers (up to around 60k feet) that shook the Tandem vehicle caused one of the balloons to burst early. We were trying both to overtake Tandem and reach a pretty high altitude. Neither worked out. We reached launch late and ME 2 came down prematurely. The shear layers (up to around 60k feet) that shook the Tandem vehicle caused one of the balloons to burst early.

]]> By: Brad Heisler http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=3820#comment-77281 Brad Heisler Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:03:24 +0000 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=3820#comment-77281 That sure is a light fill on the ME II balloons. That sure is a light fill on the ME II balloons.

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