Photos from "Near" Outer-Space, for a pittance.

[ziggy53]

Bottom line is that a British fellow used a weather balloon and a cheap P&S, with some simple electronics, to capture images from space that has NASA interested:

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-boffin39s-DIY-space-odyssey.6179348.jp

http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/web/Upload/LEED/TH0_253201046nle4-2503-03-2403-145234.jpg

[ivar]

He's not the only one doing that:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=143954
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=144022

[ziggy53]

I missed those. Cool! :thumb:thumb

[cab.in.boston]

It's funny that both (presumably) unrelated experiments were named "Icarus." I guess some names are just too obvious. Unless the MIT students took their inspiration from Harrison's earlier attempts and then didn't bother to change the name when they launched theirs.