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Joris _

Out of this world! Student takes stunning snaps of space using only a £30 second- hand camera and a balloon - 2 views

www.dailymail.co.uk/...econd-hand-camera-balloon.html

MAD

shared by Joris _ on 21 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 24 Sep 12
     
    Boh....
Alexander Wittig

SpaceX founder files with government to provide Internet service from space - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html

technology space

shared by Alexander Wittig on 11 Jun 15 - No Cached
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  • Alexander Wittig on 11 Jun 15
     
    Elon Musk is moving forward with space based internet service...
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  • Alexander Wittig on 11 Jun 15
  • LeopoldS on 11 Jun 15
     
    reading the qz article, it is not clear to me that google dropped out as one of the main investors in SpaceX? did I miss something?
  • jcunha on 12 Jun 15
     
    I attended a presentation by H. Hemmati, formerly at NASA's JPL, now at Facebook working to "connect the unconnected" during a panel session of the Workshop "Shining light on future space optical communications". I gather that they are targeting a combined strategy of HAP (with solar powered planes at 20-25 km), balloons and satellites. The rationale behind is that each solution is best suited for different population density zones, i.e. satellites while expensive (total cost of 100MUSD after Hemmati) are the only way to provide internet in remote zones, while balloons seem to be one inexpensive solution for densely populated areas. Funfact: he mentioned that the main drawback will be some crashes of HAP elements...
  • jcunha on 31 Jul 15
     
    Facebook announced they are ready to test of of their High Altitude Platform element, a drone of the size of a Boeing 737. See the new here http://phys.org/news/2015-07-facebook-ready-giant-drone-internet.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter. It seemed interesting for me that they are developing also a reliable optical communication between this element and scattered ground stations.
  • Thijs Versloot on 31 Jul 15
     
    Nice link, that thing is huge and I would love to see a drone that size fly. Also, Facebook's Aerospace Team? :)
pandomilla

Mission scheduled for tomorrow (if weather is fine) - 1 views

www.redbullstratos.com

shared by pandomilla on 13 Oct 12 - Cached
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  • pandomilla on 13 Oct 12
     
    The redbull mission will attempt to transcend human limits. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground.
  • LeopoldS on 14 Oct 12
     
    since months austria is not speaking about anything else ... hope it is over soon :-) seriously: they even had last year Armstrong coming over to discuss with this guy on television (have posted it here) and the whole Red Bull advertisement machinery is working full speed on this ... quite impressive for just a jump ...
jcunha

A view at Google X philosophy - 1 views

www.ted.com/...benefit_of_celebrating_failure

Google X moonshot projects

shared by jcunha on 18 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • jcunha on 18 Apr 16
     
    A TED talk about Google X way of working and some closer look at the project loon (stratospheric balloon network for internet connection) by the 'moonshot captain' Astro Teller.
Vincent C

Fly into Solar Radiation Storm (First ACT member into space !) - 1 views

science.nasa.gov/...19apr_camilla

Solar radiation storm nasa

shared by Vincent C on 25 Apr 12 - No Cached
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  • Vincent C on 25 Apr 12
     
    " This isn't Camilla's first adventure. The chicken has also flown on a NASA T-38 training jet, traveled onboard a helium balloon to the stratosphere over Louisiana, visited the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, and visited hundreds of elementary students in classrooms around the country. " Pretty impressive Camilla ! Congratulations :)
Nicholas Lan

The truth IS out there: British scientists claim to have found proof of alien life - Science - News - The Independent - 4 views

www.independent.co.uk/...oof-of-alien-life-8826690.html

exobiology comets

shared by Nicholas Lan on 19 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Nicholas Lan on 19 Sep 13
     
    should we all go home then? apparently you just need a balloon
  • Luís F. Simões on 19 Sep 13
     
    paper here: http://journalofcosmology.com/JOC22/MILTON%20ISOLATION_final.pdf Not the best journal out there, it seems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Cosmology They currently have an open call for papers on Astro-Theology ! :)
  • Nicholas Lan on 19 Sep 13
     
    wow. the wiki page is hilarious. maybe i'll submit something
Joris _

NASA Set to Launch Solar NanoSail into Space | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World - 0 views

inhabitat.com/...unch-solar-nanosail-into-space

shared by Joris _ on 20 Aug 10 - Cached
  • 100 square feet;
  • NASA is, rather, testing the deployment mechanism.
  • In 2008, engineers were given just four months to devise a solar sail. They pulled it off, but the rocket carrying the sail experienced launch failure.
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  • to learn more about how best to bring older satellites out of space rather than allowing them to become that much more space junk
Joris _

File-Sharing Group Mulls a Floating Pirate Ship of Servers in the Sky | Popular Science - 1 views

www.popsci.com/...oating-pirate-ship-servers-sky

shared by Joris _ on 25 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • The problem: Where can servers that store data frequently seen as unsavory be kept? The solution: Hanging from a giant balloon in the sky?
  • this idea isn't totally practical, since the group has limited resources and an airborne server presents a whole host of problems
  • ther suggestions included a low-level satellite
  • Joris _ on 25 Oct 10
     
    outcome of a brainstorming, or an example of thinking out of the box ... :)
  • LeopoldS on 25 Oct 10
     
    should we try to help them :-) ?
  • Joris _ on 25 Oct 10
     
    we should propose fractionned servers with CubeSats ...
pacome delva

Spin-out puts new spin on wind energy - 0 views

physicsworld.com/...42193

nrg renewable_energy wind_energy

shared by pacome delva on 07 Apr 10 - Cached
  • The future of wind energy could involve huge blades spanning half a kilometre that generate compressed air – which is then piped into giant, underwater balloons.
Giusi Schiavone

space tourism - 2 views

www.gizmag.com/...19553

shared by Giusi Schiavone on 18 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Giusi Schiavone on 18 Aug 11
     
    very nice, viewing near space from a baloon
andreiaries

YouTube - Mission 3 computer animation - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch

technology youtube

shared by andreiaries on 14 Oct 09 - Cached
  • andreiaries on 14 Oct 09
     
    ARCA is the romanian google X prize competitor.
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  • andreiaries on 14 Oct 09
     
    They'll probably launch the concept this month. It doesn't look very realistic, but I like the stage separation.
  • Joris _ on 17 Oct 09
     
    I like the 4 stage system. But how did they solve the plume issue ?
  • andreiaries on 19 Oct 09
     
    The plume issue is not that difficult. I think they used something similar on Apollo LES. The problem is stabilizing the entire system, which is extremely difficult. The entire system will most likely plummet down after the solar balloon phase (which is the only phase they tested before). At least they are not using government money :).
Nicholas Lan

Google and Facebook Investigating Launching Satellites - 1 views

thenextweb.com/...nd-hot-air-balloons-satellites

telecommunications satellite technology commercial

shared by Nicholas Lan on 28 May 14 - No Cached
  • Nicholas Lan on 28 May 14
     
    unfortunately the original article is subscription only "Among the evidence the article cites for this conclusion is Google's recent hiring of Brian Holtz and Dave Bettinger. Both came from companies (O3b and VT iDirect respectively) that specialize in communication satellites. Google has also invested in O3b and a current Google employee sits on company's board. A Boeing representative told The Information that Facebook and Google are "beginning to show a broader interest in satellite technology." While both companies are looking to space to broaden their reach, the ad-supported Google has the potential resources (cash) and gumption to actually follow through in the immediate future."
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