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I want to see for myself 2016-07-30 01:36:20 Post No. 17972149
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Serious question: how much would it cost and what would it take to get a small embedded system into space?
So idea is strap a raspberry pi or some other embedded system to a rocket & get data back from it. Insane oversimplification of course but in a nutshell that's it.
Would be fitted with solar sails and broadcast data back back down to all who can receive it. Video would be fucking great too.
My thoughts are if it's feasible to shoot something like that into space for not a lot of money and have it send data back in a way it could be picked up by anyone with the inclination we'd be getting real, unadulterated info without having to go through NASA.
Anyone else like he idea of this kind of project?
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Nice, weather balloon?
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>>17972241
Some kind of balloon, sorry that's all I know. Saved it long ago as the bears cracked me up for some reason.
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Op, to get launched alone it is a couple $k. Easiest way would to buy some sort of microsat (weather cubesat or what ever). Some include launch, so look carefully. To get data back, you would need a ham radio license, which is a $30 test.
Depending on what you want done, your embedded system could be anything from an arduino clone to an x86 computer. So $7-150.
You also would need control systems, power systems, what ever sensors...
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Like five latex ballons, but you need to paint it with a kind of 'glue' to prevent helium from scaping when it is very high
Trust me I was an engineer in a cansat contest
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I think it's an interesting concept and your best bet would be a balloon over a rocket as lots of universities and amateurs have done something similar small projects, but as for the back and forth communication aspect I wondernwhy isis and other such groups haven't tried it as it gives them a massive tactical advantage. They have the engineers and the money so there has to be some sort of barrier that is being overlooked.
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