I just put up the page for the last mission set.
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Plastic and Tape
I found another old video that never made it to Youtube.
This is Away 22 climbing away. The team built this balloon for fast climbing. It made it to 91,000 feet soaring up at 1,400 feet per minute with just a minimum of positive lift. We flew this mission in December 2003.
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Working the Program
Lots of pieces across the project were worked on during Saturdays build session. Paul finished the modifications to one of the small balloon launch bags, Ethan glued together several vehicle antenna mounts for Away 48. Kevin assembled the ceramic insulator for the quad engine MHD power generator and Bob toiled away all day on data conversion from the last mission. Mike did epic battle with the balloon release circuit upgrade.
A lot of other tasks got crossed off the list as well. Progress was made modifying the new Tandem/Sky Pup trailer. I did a radio interview in the middle of it all and Kevin tackled the unfun task of sorting through all the helium tanks from the last mission.
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Ascender 175 Pics
Here’s some images from the Ascender 175. These were taken about five years ago. The new Ascender 100 should be rolled out sometime next summer (2011).
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JP on the Radio
Tomorrow at 11:15 am pacific time I’m a guest on the Space Talk radio show in Florida.
You can listen live on the web here:
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Mars Explorers
Here are two groups of researcher that participated in the Away 45 and Away 46 missions. Each one build their own edge of space PongSat experiment. I expect to see all of them on Mars one day. Way to go!
They are from a kindergarten class and third Grade class of Hopkins Elementary School.
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Quad Engine Work
The quad engine is getting closer and closer to firing. The oxidizer plumbing is done. We did a cold flow test at 100 psi. It turns on and off just like it should from the remote control box. We also modified our Hypertech ignition system for the quad. Lastly we’ve mounted the whole thing on tracks.
Next the instrumentation needs to be added so we’ll know what’s going on. Then the entire system will get mounted on a cart to make setup in the desert easier.
