HAB's and Near-space

[TheDataMiner]

I'm sure most of you have heard of Near-space balloons or HABs (High Altitude Balloon). For those of you who don't know they are weather balloons sent into the mid stratosphere; the usually have a payload consisting of some form of tracker, a camera, and sensors or other experiments. HAB's are cool because you can launch one for only a few hundred American dollars and send whatever you want to space-like conditions. I launched a HAB a few years ago and am planning to launch another one next week.

I was wondering how many of you have launched one yourself? I would like to see what kinds of things my fellow ballooners(is there even a word for that?) have created.

My YouTube video is online here: bit.ly/nearspace. (I don't know how to use BB code )

Edited December 26, 2013 by TheDataMiner

[rpayne88]

I did this in 2010 with the Civil Air Patrol. Please see links:

http://photobucket.com/CHASE-1_best

http://mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=724

http://www.capvolunteernow.com/todays-features/?md_members_reach_stratosphere&show=news&newsID=12325

[GamerMitch]

I'm in Civil Air Patrol too, but I just joined in August. Haven't done anything like that yet.