Peeps In Space!

[khoelenz]

kren

[pikmin2244]

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAACCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[jaygorny]

looks like a jaundiced pecker



[Z3kedog]

There are easier ways of getting rid of peeps.

[wallymeldrum]

DID YOU EAT THE PEEP?

[reluctable]

@wallymeldrum I'm imagining one bite, then a fast zoom in on a wide staring eye with a wildly dilated pupil that is seeing beyond reality as we understand it; like the last twenty minutes of 2001 but with marshmallow.

[wallymeldrum]

@reluctable hahaha you're a legend man... i can't wait till we find something like this

[bunnylover101001]

iv seen sky scrapers go farther ;)

[TheInventorOfShock]

what did the entire structure look like because i'm getting a bad idea from the tip o.o!

[forrest225]

Nevermind, just saw it in the end :D

[forrest225]

How far away from the launch site did it land?

[phoenixcacti]

@forrest225 It said 85 miles

[forrest225]

@phoenixcacti Yeah, I know, I posted another comment literally 40 seconds after my first one when I noticed that it said that in the end.

[kyle3420]

Haha look at the difference between 0:30 and 1:21

Definately had quite the adventure

[techguy123ify]

It's unfortunate that this could only go to the middle stratosphere.

[ShmigyProductions]

An excellent Peep experiment! Kudos to the team! Much more creative than just microwaving it.

[SputnikJunior]

Did anyone eat it?

[SuperAngelo13]

damn that would be scary as hell

[wookie95020]

I always did want to see a peep go into the atmosphere.

[LordZacknafien]

That cute little marshmellow peep had an awesome adventure!,YAY to the cute widdle PEEPS!

[USAon3]

Hate to burst your bubble (no pun intended)....but 96000 feet is not space. Not even close.

[astroscience]

@USAon3 And a marshmallow peep isn't really an astronaut. :) And whatever way you look at it, giving high school and middle school students the opportunity to build and send THEIR OWN experiments nearly a third of the way into space -- above 99% of the Earth's atmosphere -- is pretty darn cool.

[Taylorh161]

@astroscience how the hell did you recover it i mean realy

[FOXnewsAlien]

yeah peeps!

[CutByAngels]

What if someone was standing there like "heyy... that looks really wie... *SLICEEEEE*"

[guineapigs00]

they are marshmellow chicks!DUH!

[FreedomProduction15]

@zooto68 ROFL. Just what I was thinking.

[CFCbluemofia]

@Musket300 One of the other videos (not posted online to my knowledge) actually had an airplane in the background.

[kamratframjandet]

What if it hits an airplane?

[eaglez4evr]

up up and AWAY!

[peruvianlover82]

@zooto68 ROFLMFAO! I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering if that is what they meant by peeps!

[chanctonbury63]

So whats the yellow knob about then???

[sadface0]

does anyone else cringe when they see the balloon burst? it feels as if you're up there too ><

[Rotflesss2]

Wow ,almost 100 k feet:)

[rstephensonable]

wow... I am amazed he held together so well. That was an amazing journey... I have new found respect for the mighty PEEP! :) Thank you for sharing!

[Team4tressfan]

up up and away lol 8D

[votejohnpresident]

what do you do about passing planes?

[winwon62]

wow!

[OCintoM21]

PEEPS!!!!!!!!!! I love you!!!!!!!

[hunterofall]

Can you imagine this thing randomly landing in your backyard? or hitting your car? XD

[spur79]

Anybody eat it to see what the edge of space tastes like?

[CrisAndAirTwins]

PEEPS NEVER GO BAD!

[theMakeStuffClub]

it seems as if we both launched balloons from around lake michigan. thats kinda cool :)

[skywalker399]

Is this real?

[xj14y]

Are Peeps in Denver bigger than Peeps in New Orleans?

[TWE789]

lol i wonder if its still good to eat

[IC2720]

peeps never go bad

[MrFishization]

How did u do that? That was fudgin awesome!

[abdulahanddavid]

High altitude balloon.

[lilplaya205]

What a waste of peep im sure that could have fed all of africa

[Direwolf56]

lol you can see the peep expand from low pressure as it gets high in altitude :-)

[LegacyForce]

when it was coming down I thought that tether was going to rip the peep off, lol

[dinocro111]

what is a peep?

[rifter0x0000]

Marshmallow Peeps are marshmallow candies traditionally sold during Easter.

[skeezysquirrel]

Recorded Com @ 1:44. May Day, Peep going down! I repeat, Peep going down.

[JoeyChernov]

Captain PEEP-card

[ChicagoAstronomer]

I wish to see the recovery crew eat the space peep.

[RobCardIV]

Lololol !!

[muddyman4427]

peeps away!

[ToastCh33]

i hate everyone taht likes this video

[RobCardIV]

then go buy a hiphop cd you ignorant fool.

[phsycokidx000]

i know he's ignorant but you cant just single out a whole genre of music, your just as bad as him

[sk8erpunkbob]

Aw I wanted to see it land.

[IQ136]

Hey after 1:49 a string almost cuts if off!!!

LOL

XD

I'm glad it made it safely to earth. Did they eat it?

[IQ136]

That would be one frozen peep when it was up there (-67F or so). Plus the Sun's radiation would make it sterilized.

[BurnsideStudios08]

Guess it cann't have babies now

[caboose250]

i think the earth pulled it back in

[EinkOLED]

Gravity is the same at any altitude, although the force lessons at extreme distances (inverse square law). The hydrogen within the baloon is lighter than air or oxygen and will move to a less dense environment in order to equalise it's pressure. Since the atmosphere is more dense than hydrogen, hydrogen will continue to climb to the point that the force exerting on the baloon breaks. Think of air bags within the water, the effect is similiar.

[andyjay729]

I wish they sold Space Peeps at the local 7-11.

[HabboTrax]

hey next time can you send me a can of beer up so when it comes down it will be nice and cold :)

[jjjproductionsssssss]

lol nice

[2DegreesOfBullshit]

At that pressure it could burst...On the plus side, it would rain cool beer for a little while over a large area.

[BigBananaMan]

@HabboTrax Hmm, it might actually be warm since it is still in the sunlight and there is little convection at that altitude, just radiation. The Space shuttle actually has reflective foil and white paint for just this reason. However, just the concept of beer in space sounds awesome to me probably because I'm a "little buzzed"right now myself.

[FOXnewsAlien]

@HabboTrax thats a great idea.

[SoldierDood]

wow

[starspangled86]

a little mood music would be nice :)

[SunSpheres]

Wow, it kept me mesmerised =]

[roentgenator]

Do you have a Google Earth .kml file or other GPS data that you can share?

[EinkOLED]

My life is so boring and lacking in excitement that I would jump at the opportunity to fly at that altitude!!

I'm one of those that enjoy looking down on the earth, with an opinion of disgrace others with beauty.

[spump303]

Cute but... why did I clearly see a "Lake Michigan (sp?) lable on the Earth at some point? Unless I'm a total retard for thinking at first this was real.... *-*

[spump303]

Over there! At 1:32.

[Seaprimate]

it was superimposed to give you an idea on how small the earth looks from that high.

[abdulahanddavid]

...No.

[iq147atuofm]

thats only 18 miles high.

[jugggernautttt]

@iq147atuofm only...

[AdrianGrey]

Rulin...I like the "lake michigan" flyby, as if an afterthought

[lionsstare]

Peep: Houston this is sugar covered yellow peep~

Houston:"who is this?....I'm talking to a marshmellow......

[elliott12591]

looks like he gained a little weight on his way up

[GTFOmyINTERNETZ]

LOL that looks funny. XD

[lillily174]

look at that lil peep go!

[Rihanna201020]

loooks like it went down hard...

[astroscience]

The moments following the balloon burst can be quite chaotic, as you can see by the upside-down camera angle! The landings are pretty soft, with final descent speeds less than 10 mph. This video cuts out before landing because the camera filled the 2 GB SD card.

[Beamermurr27]

is there any way to know how high he got to before the balloon pops??

[astroscience]

The peak altitude of the flight was 96,731 feet.

[assman12354]

@astroscience any idea why humans couldn't go up in a capsul, with a large ballon-larger than the one you used, but the same gas, then when at altitude the balloon burst-a second one opens which can't hold the wieght of the humans in the capsul, so it falls down slowly, untile a the balloon is remotly burst, and then a large parachute opens to bring the capsul to a complete stop, could this happen?

[forrest225]

@assman12354 I dunno about the whole sequence thing, sounds heavy, but people have skydived using balloons before.

[ShammShamm]

Go,Peepster! Jonathan Livingston Peep :) "Get me NOW,you thilly pooty-tat"

[DoctorLoveJuice]

....wots a "peep"?

[imgordonfreeman]

its marshmallow candies

[VodkaFanClub]

Please tell me the followings if possible: what was the approximate weight of total payload? How many cubic meters needed to fill the balloon? Several years ago I was very much interested in such experiments, but only managed to find one balloon 25 miles away from here with no altitude data left :)

[astroscience]

To fall below FAA regulations, the total payload weight is restricted to 12 pounds or less, with a single payload box being 6 pounds or less. The balloon is filled with about 1.5 K-size tanks of helium to provide a few pounds of excess lift. If you are in the Chicago area and would like to participate in a launch, send me an email. Thanks!

[towerblockrock]

Would it be feasible to send my mother to the edge of space, using the methods shown in this video?

[grtdthmetal]

no, she's too fat

[eArtrash]

i actually laughed out loud, twice ...lol

[Mamba205]

The balloon's average ascent rate was 17.95 feet per second, or about 12.2 mph. 96,731 feet in 5,388 seconds or 1 hr 29 min 48 sec. It rose at an average of 1,077 feet per minute-average is between 1,000 and 1,200 feet per minute.

Looks like fun. I hope to do this sometime this winter.

[zombieX111222333]

i knew somday peeps was going to be an astronaught i just knew it

[Nvidi4]

why its suddenly desrtoyed

[ishouldplayzelda]

u should eat it, i'll bet that it tastes scientastic or or atmospherific or astrotastic

[swarooptheone]

SUBSCRIBED!

awesome videos u've got :)

thanks for letting the world see :)

[brdavis5]

Nice video - what camera set-up did you use, and was the camera payload heated? Was the landing also captured?

[astroscience]

Thanks! This was shot on an Aiptek IS-DV2 camera. It was unheated, but mounted inside an insulated payload box, looking through an open hole. The camera only supports up to 2GB SD storage, limiting the duration of filming to around 2 hours or so at 640x480 resolution -- which is why the video cuts out before landing. We have other videos shot on shorter flights or at lower resolution that capture the landings. They can be quite dramatic. Look for them in the near future!

[KingsofthePwnage]

toobular

[irishdemp594]

wow peeps are definatly made of awesome

[murphyisinheaven]

anyone notice how the "globe" labeled lake michigan?

[sideshow45]

u didn`t know that the gov. put steel beems in the water to let the space station know where they are??... wow!!

[NFLGuru22]

HAHAHAHAA, nice! If it didn't change one bit when it came back to earth, what does that tell you about a peep? I knew I never liked those things, and now I know why.

Nice vid, btw. 5 stars.

[EvanMiller864]

Go peep go!!!

[headherbie]

All spacecraft should be made of peep

[wynsda]

Hmmm. I will never eat a peep again.

[joefavor1]

ah, so my friend who said this was a rocket was a moron... as i watched the video i couldn't figure out why it was taking a rocket so long reach each altitude waypoint. :-)

[MaReLLaCaMiLeCiD]

I'm not really into science but this is interesting!! So thanks for making like science!

[khoiktran]

cool!

[ishootujoo]

did u eat it??...i woulda,then u could tell all ur friends "I ATE A PEEP THAT WAS IN SPACE!!!!!!" its alawsy cool when u can say that

[ninjamonkey2727]

how'd u get the peep up there??

[astroscience]

The peep and his peep-arazzi video camera were part of a string of payloads attached to a large helium-filled "weather" balloon.

[gracelandest]

They had a rocket, and they blasted the rocket into orbit, and the peep, camera, and rocket came back to Earth,.

[TwoManCrewPictures]

No Freaking way!

[joecooper18]

the people who done this video have done many of these. they use GPS tracking where the location is sent via SMS to their phone. also has other electonrics to say altitude etc. they have a website with full images of what they do and how they do it etc.

[astroscience]

You must be thinking of another group -- there are several doing great work out there. For the technically minded, our balloon payloads carry a GPS receiver / radio transmitter that sends an APRS signal on amateur radio frequencies. Anyone with an APRS-capable receiver can view the progress of our flights, and indeed, some listeners have spontaneously joined us in the chase and recovery. It's quite fun -- like "Twister" without the tornadoes!

[diamond2tron]

cool chick!!!

[aha45]

very cool

[songo35]

poor peep i think peeps are cute and yummy but i feel so sad for that peep.

[songo35]

1.WTF!

2.WHY!

[picturethief]

Total B.S. Lack of oxygen at that altitude would have caused Peep to expand roughly 5 times its normal size. We also find the chance of recovering the flight camera as near zero, even with "Science Experiment" and such written on the recovery 'chute.

FAIL.

[ViperJones]

1. Why?

2. GPS

[ChicagoAstronomer]

Quite cool.

Fellow Telecope/Observatory Facilitator Fred Johnson and I were talking about the mission while prepping for the Far Out Friday Telescopic session at the Adler.

I would eat the peep...and his friends...for science.

Chicago Astronomer Joe

[MasterShadow11]

i agree with the eating part... :)

[K5SAF]

Fantastic! Pls tell me who I can contact to learn hohw the video was captured or transmitted - TNX Tom

[astroscience]

Thanks! The video was recorded on board using a small, inexpensive digital video camera. We're working on a live video downlink. For more information, send email to this youtube account (astroscience), or visit the Astro Science Workshop website (listed in the end credits of the video).

[sbscace53]

hallllllpppp!!! I got no helmet!!!!