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MIT Students Snap Space Pics on the Cheap

'Project Icarus' sends camera to the stratosphere for under $150

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(Newser) – A trio of MIT students managed to take photographs from the edge of space for less than $150, the Guardian reports. The students sent a digital camera and a GPS-equipped mobile phone in a coolbox into the stratosphere by attaching the kit to a helium balloon. They retrieved the photos and equipment when the balloon popped and they returned to earth via parachute. The photos from the highest point of the camera's journey show the blackness of space and the earth's curvature.

One of the photos taken by the MIT team.
One of the photos taken by the MIT team.   (Loosifr)
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SkepticallyInclined
Sep 22, 09 4:32 AM CDT
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5005022/Teens-capture-images-of-space-with-56-camera-and-balloon.html Come on, journos do a little research. Reply
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riffran
Sep 22, 09 5:08 AM CDT
"hey I can see my house from here"...lol....nice picture Reply
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npkimmey
Sep 22, 09 6:30 AM CDT
I already read about this, and I'm doing this for my science fair project. It's really interesting. Reply
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Unaffiliated
Sep 22, 09 7:46 AM CDT
Sweet project. I'm quite jealous. Didn't have this kind of capability when I was doing science fair projects.
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divetrader
Sep 22, 09 7:10 AM CDT
Cool! Maybe we can hire them to take photos of the Lunar objects left by the Apollo missions on the moon to prove we were there. NASA sure can't seem to get it done. Reply
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