great countdown. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero, blast off! we cut off the balloon. it started rocking wildly like crazy. it was 25 feet a second. it was pretty fast. after about two minutes, it disappeared into the clouds. they track the craft s coordinates. but that s no guarantee they ll be able to retrieve it. the batteries in the phone could freeze. it could just not give out signal and we ll never find it. if it falls into anything that would block the transmission, it falls into very dense trees too deeply, it could lose reception. if it falls into water, that would be very bad. a lot of things can go wrong. until they recover the craft, it will be a mystery as to what the camera captures. fortunately, it lands only 30 miles north of the launch site.
so me and miles were really hyped up. the kids give this really great countdown. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, blast-off! we cut off the balloon. it started rocking wildly like crazy. it was pretty fast. after about two minutes, it disappeared into the clouds. they tracked the craft s coordinates. but that s no guarantee they will be able to retrieve it. the batteriit could just not signal and it will never find it. if it falls into anything that would block the transmission, it falls into very dense trees too deep deeply, it could lose reception. if it falls into water, it would be bad. a lot of things can go wrong. until they recover the craft, it will be a mystery as to what the camera captures. fortunately, it lands only 30
so me and miles were really hyped up. the kids give this really great countdown. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, blast-off! we cut off the balloon. it started rocking wildly like crazy. it was pretty fast. after about two minutes, it disappeared into the clouds. they tracked the craft s coordinates. but that s no guarantee they will be able to retrieve it. the batteries in the phone could freeze. it could just not give out signal and it will never find it. if it falls into anything that would block the transmission, it falls into very dense trees too deeply, it could lose reception. if it falls into water, it would be bad. a lot of things can go wrong. until they recover the craft, it will be a mystery as to what the camera captures.
it will be a mystery as to what the camera captures. fortunately, it lands only 30 miles north of the launch site. they are able to retrieve the footage. to be totally honest, we got a little sick watching it. we were eating and watching it at our kitchen table the first time. we were so focused on the screen and eating at the same time. but once it reaches the stratosphere, everything levels out. we were shooting from about 80,000 feet. twice as high as a plane. three times as high as a plane. the craft peaks at 100,000 feet or nearly 19 miles above the earth on its 95-minute voyage. at the very end, the balloon is stretched to its absolute maximum capacity. it was about 22 feet in diameter. a little craft below it.
we re seeing what it looked like in four hundred saying it was one of those other starry skies like a real time machine allowing us to look into the past. in a for gungho challenge. here in cologne all band pushes camera captures is a blank lit up sky rather than stars. urban light pollution makes it practically impossible to spot anything up above. i was. looking up into the starry night also means thinking about our genesis about the won t sound and the vastness of space and light pollution is everywhere in the western civilized world and blocks out those stocks best we can to believe that. we ll a hey visit if our planet is all there is. and ignore those myriad alternative worlds out there and also get it for when. luckily