High Altitude Weather Balloon Launch - Bobblehead in Space Raises Awareness of the Needs of Seniors

Home Instead Senior Care sponsored a weather balloon launch in West Point, GA. The results were amazing, never seen before footage. Many people helped with this project. Thank you to Dr. Ben Longmier, PhD., founder of projectaether.org for answering several emails about how to launch a weather balloon. Home Instead helps seniors remain independent, by providing in home care and needed respite for their family members. For more information, please visit homeinstead.com. More information about this launch will be available at AccessSpace.org. Visit our blog for more information on this project. http://bit.ly/r9V5bV

We made more video of just the Balloon Burst: http://youtu.be/0HbXVVVFahM

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• bobblehead in space
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• school project
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• Columbus
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• West Point

[Hoobryy]

So where abouts did that go?

[SagerIncorporated]

@Hoobryy North of Montgomery, AL, about 98 miles from the launch site.

[alarasify]

Hi, what Program did u have on your iPad ?! How did you track that ?! GPS or a Phone ?!



[SagerIncorporated]

@alarasify Open APRS was the iPad app. Awesome app! We also had a Spot GPS on the payload. Just Google each of those.

[sprungjersey]

This is way better than the Canadian video...those 2 kids stole this idea

[SagerIncorporated]

@sprungjersey I stole the idea, too. :)

[6SecondDelay]

Nice work!

Just one thing, though: you describe your pressure reading of 0.0061 ATM as "Near Weightless".

It's true that the pressure ON an object and the weight OF the object both decrease with altitude, but they're two completely different effects. The former is a result of how much air there is above the object, pressing on it. The latter reflects the strength of gravity at a given distance from Earth.

The effects are independent of each other.

I think you meant to say "Near Vacuum."

[crusinscamp]

@SagerIncorporated Nice achievement. When I was young, such a project would be in the province of the government. It's heartening to see such projects undertaken by dedicated regular folks. With due respect, I would point out that most Americans DO understand the metric (actually SI) system. It's been taught in schools for decades. When an altitude goes into the 10s of thousands of feet, I like to think in terms of miles. Over 21 miles (or 34.8 km) up, that's impressive!

[brechie10]

Thats great

[Ebsteins31653]

Applied Science...Beautiful! Love it. brilliant vid.

[vompl]

@SagerIncorporated Americans are stupid :) I'm glad to live in Europe

[copypaiste]

@SagerIncorporated just trippin' around, nevermind me (^_<)v Awesome video btw.

[copypaiste]

Y u no use metric system? /(0д0)/