High Schoolers Push Down Price of Near-Space Photography

Floodge writes "High School students at Explore Knowledge Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada have launched a near space photography balloon which took over 2000 pictures of Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, and much more! The 'space craft' was built from used and recycled components for under 60 dollars and was inspired by MIT students Project Icarus in 2009." Near-space photography via balloon isn't quite new any more, but price is a great frontier to explore. And I'm glad that there's a school called "Explore Knowledge Academy."

Re:Space?

[Anonymous Coward]

Since when is 95,000 feet of altitude in "space?"

I believe they used the term "Near Space," which lies between 65,000 and 350,000 feet.

Link to Vimeo

[Mentally_Overclocked]

http://vimeo.com/22150511 [vimeo.com] This has the video of the images taken.