[burpg] Re: Taking a selfie of the rocket in space
- From: Osi Van Dessel <ovdessel@xxxxxx>
- To: burpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 07:26:56 -0400
Im interested in doing this. Ive done high altitude balloon photography
before so it sounds quite similar.
On Jul 11, 2014 12:42 AM, "Armor Harris" <armorharris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had a crazy idea today that I want to try. Let's have the Mk V take a
> selfie in space. I'm envisioning something like the iconic image below, but
> with our rocket as opposed to the space shuttle.
>
> http://www.sanhujinka.org/space-shuttle-in-space.html
>
> Basically the idea is to eject a camera pod from the payload bay once we
> clear the atmosphere that slowly floats away from the rocket, taking
> pictures as it backs away. The pod will have it's own parachute and GPS
> tracker.
>
> If it's cleverly shaped it will decelerate nicely and have not-stressful
> loads on the recovery system. We could also write some data to an SD card
> in it so that if the main rocket recovery fails, we have a backup to get
> pictures and data from space.
>
> It's a low risk/high reward secondary objective. If our little "satellite"
> doesn't deploy, then nbd and the rocket continues as normal. If it does
> deploy and we can't find it when it re-enters, nbd. If it does deploy and
> we get it back, it will be pretty much the coolest thing ever done.
>
> Does someone want to volunteer to work on this?
>
>
>
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