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Near space weather balloon

Time lapse video of our engineering project at UMass Amherst. Our weather balloon, named the Shuttlecraft, reached an altitude of approximately 104000 ft. Pictures were taken every 5 seconds during the fight with a Canon a560 digital camera. The balloon traveled west as it gained altitude and then turned east where it climbed to its burst altitude. Upon reaching the maximum altitude, the balloon popped and the capsule descended back to earth. It landed off the coast of Plum Island, MA. The total trip time from launch to splashdown is 2.8 hours. Its ascent took 142 minutes and 20 seconds and it took 25 minutes and 55 seconds for it to descend back to earth. The capsule turned up four days later on the beach where it was found by a self proclaimed “Professional Beach bum” who kindly called us to arrange a pickup. After four days in the Atlantic we managed to retrieve the 8gb SDHC and get the pictures. Pictures include the Connecticut River and surrounding area, Granby MA, Holyoke MA, the former Mount Tom Ski Area, and the Atlantic Ocean. Special Thanks go to the “professional beach bum” who was kind enough to call us and meet us so we could retrieve our project. Without his help, our project would have been lost. We wish him well in his retirement. We would also like to thank Invensys for kindly sponsoring a second launch. We are currently testing the replacement parts and plan on launching it within the next 2 weeks. If you have any questions about our project, feel free …

Symphony of Science – ‘The Case for Mars’ (ft. Zubrin,Carl Sagan, Cox & Boston).

The Case for Mars – Symphony of Science

Web: omnis-ciencia.blogspot.com —– Antes que nada quiero decir que la web de este fantástico proyecto es ésta symphonyofscience.com, donde podrán encontrar vídeo y audio para descargar. También, el canal de los vídeos originales en YouTube es www.youtube.com Opino que estos vídeos son una manera fantástica de hacer merecido tributo a estos científicos que tan bien desempeñan, o han desempeñado, su labor divulgativa. ¡Que lo disfruten! —– English —– You can find tose videos in the official page of the project: symphonyofscience.com, and dowload them or the mp3. Also, their YouTube channel is http Our thought about those videos is that they are an amazing way to tribute to those scientists, who make science a wonderful world for everyone. We hope you enjoy them, as we do. —– Letra / Lyrics —– [Robert Zubrin] Mars is the next logical step In our space program It’s the challenge that’s been staring us in the face For the past 30 years It has water, it has carbon, It has a 24 hour day It has geothermal energy Mars is a place we can settle [Carl Sagan] There is a giant rift in its surface 5000 kilometers long There is a volcano as wide as Arizona [Zubrin] So there’s the choice in life One either grows or one decays Grow or die I think we should grow [Sagan] Mars is a world of wonders [Brian Cox] It has canyons, river valleys, and giant ice sheets [Sagan] Mars is a world of wonders [Zubrin] It shouldn’t be humans to Mars in 50 years It should be humans to Mars in …

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This is a mirror from the Symphony Of Science. “mp3: symphonyofscience.com “The Case for Mars” is the sixth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features Robert Zubrin, Carl Sagan, Brian Cox, and Penelope Boston. Samples come from the documentary “The Mars Underground”, Cosmos, and Wonders of the Solar System. The video is intended to pique curiosity about the planet Mars and to promote human exploration of it. More science music videos can be found at http Enjoy! ~John john@symphonyofscience.com” Lyrics: [Robert Zubrin] Mars is the next logical step In our space program It’s the challenge that’s been staring us in the face For the past 30 years It has water, it has carbon, It has a 24 hour day It has geothermal energy Mars is a place we can settle [Carl Sagan] There is a giant rift in its surface 5000 kilometers long There is a volcano as wide as Arizona [Zubrin] So there’s the choice in life One either grows or one decays Grow or die I think we should grow [Sagan] Mars is a world of wonders [Brian Cox] It has canyons, river valleys, and giant ice sheets [Sagan] Mars is a world of wonders [Zubrin] It shouldn’t be humans to Mars in 50 years It should be humans to Mars in 10 We either muster the courage to go Or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay We’ve got cosmic radiation Zero gravity Martian dust storms Back contamination But these are dragons that we can take on [Sagan] In our time we have sifted The sands of Mars Established a …

Symphony of Science – ‘The Case for Mars’ (ft. Zubrin, Sagan, Cox & Boston)

mp3: symphonyofscience.com “The Case for Mars” is the sixth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features Robert Zubrin, Carl Sagan, Brian Cox, and Penelope Boston. Samples come from the documentary “The Mars Underground”, Cosmos, and Wonders of the Solar System. The video is intended to pique curiosity about the planet Mars and to promote human exploration of it. More science music videos can be found at http Enjoy! ~John Lyrics: [Robert Zubrin] Mars is the next logical step In our space program It’s the challenge that’s been staring us in the face For the past 30 years It has water, it has carbon, It has a 24 hour day It has geothermal energy Mars is a place we can settle [Carl Sagan] There is a giant rift in its surface 5000 kilometers long There is a volcano as wide as Arizona [Zubrin] So there’s the choice in life One either grows or one decays Grow or die I think we should grow [Sagan] Mars is a world of wonders [Brian Cox] It has canyons, river valleys, and giant ice sheets [Sagan] Mars is a world of wonders [Zubrin] It shouldn’t be humans to Mars in 50 years It should be humans to Mars in 10 We either muster the courage to go Or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay We’ve got cosmic radiation Zero gravity Martian dust storms Back contamination But these are dragons that we can take on [Sagan] In our time we have sifted The sands of Mars Established a presence there And fulfilled a century of dreams [Cox] The Mars rovers have …

The Bernard Harris Summer Science Program

Northeastern hosts Boston-area students for the Bernard Harris Summer Science Program, a two-week camp focused on building science and math skills. To learn more about space travel, the campers built and launched bottle rockets.

Penelope Boston: Life on Mars? Let’s look in the caves

www.ted.com So the Mars Rovers didn’t scoop up any alien lifeforms. Scientist Penelope Boston thinks there’s a good chance — a 25 to 50 percent chance, in fact — that life might exist on Mars, deep inside the planet’s caves. She details how we should look and why.

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