Officially; in the waning days of the Pacific War Japan tried a last ditch ploy to hit the United States with a terror weapon. That weapon was the Balloon Bomb. It was supposed to set fire to the West Coast and drop anti-personel bombs randomly on the U.S. Read more…
Fugos: source http://www.seanet.com/~johnco/fugo.htm
Dave Akerman and Steve Randall continue to ‘battle’ it out for the UK and world altitude record with recent launches. Read More…
Buzz 6 . Source http://www.daveakerman.com/
Ben Longmier’s Project Aether attempted to photograph the Aurora in all of it’s glory. Read more…
Project ASTRA from Southampton University
Last month scientists from the University of Southampton launched a Lumia 800 smart phone into the stratosphere as a tool to help create balloon flight trajectory prediction software that can then be used to guide other missions, like weather balloons. Read more …
I have compared a range of enhanced GPS trackers on the market. Pingmee is the lightest and the TK102 works out as the best value. Read more…
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