<p>I concur with all the comments. I will just add that we don't want it too Long and boring. I think we should include brief details about the parts/materials used, basic design philosophy, length of time and cost. Also perhaps a brief description of flight day and your tracking/recovery adventures. That's my two cents. </p>
<p>~Rohan</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 4, 2010 8:01 PM, "Ethan Chew" <<a href="mailto:spacefelix@gmail.com">spacefelix@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Hello,<br>> <br>> This is the Makers Local 256 press release on the HSIS competition (at<br>
> the bottom). I have added some of my own revisions. Please revise and<br>> return to me either today or tomorrow. Some recommendations on edits are in<br>> the test body. I will consolidate the versions. Thanks.<br>
> <br>> - Ethan<br>> <br>> <br>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>> From: Brian Walker <<a href="mailto:misterworld@gmail.com">misterworld@gmail.com</a>><br>> Date: Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:42 PM<br>
> Subject: Fwd: press release rough draft<br>> To: Ethan Chew <<a href="mailto:spacefelix@gmail.com">spacefelix@gmail.com</a>><br>> <br>> <br>> This is Trevor's input - he raises some good points about what to include.<br>
> There's a lot of questions I don't have answers for, like where you found<br>> the parts and how many spaces participated. I didn't see it on the HSIS<br>> website. Do me a favor and add your input and let me know. It's kind of<br>
> time sensitive, so please get it back to me today or tomorrow.<br>> <br>> I'd also like to include the names of everyone who worked on it - I think I<br>> remember, but if I type it I'm going to leave someone's name out and that<br>
> would suck. Can you include that for me, too?<br>> <br>> Thanks again,<br>> <br>> Brian<br>> <br>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>> From: trevor daniels <<a href="mailto:trevorcollindaniels@gmail.com">trevorcollindaniels@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Date: Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:38 PM<br>> Subject: Re: press release rough draft<br>> To: Brian Walker <<a href="mailto:misterworld@gmail.com">misterworld@gmail.com</a>><br>> <br>> <br>> You should probably say that it was made by them using things that you can<br>
> go out to the store and buy, explain some of the cooler little gizmos<br>> attached to it (like whatever they used as a transceiver and GPS), and say<br>> how much it cost. You should download the HSIS press release and get some<br>
> more information about them in there. Put in there that y'all were<br>> competing with "*over x different workshops from around the globe (or<br>> country or whatever)"*. I can send it out to the media for you when you get<br>
> it done through Main Street. They talk to the media regularly, so you have<br>> a better chance of getting in if they do it. Of course, that's only if you<br>> want me to send it out for you. I can understand if you want to do it<br>
> yourself. Also, you may want to include how long it took to build the<br>> device and plan the launch. And put in a quote from the team lead.<br>> <br>> Let me know if you have any more questions.<br>> <br>
> -Trevor<br>> <br>> BEGIN PRESS RELEASE:<br>> <br>> <br>> Makers Local 256 wins First Prize in Weather Balloon Competition<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Huntsville, Al (October 4, 2010)-- Makers Local 256, Alabama’s first hacker<br>
> space and make shop, has just been awarded first place in the Hacker Spaces<br>> in Space competition run by Workshop 88 in Chicago to launch a weather<br>> balloon to near-space altitudes and return with photographs in which the<br>
> curvature of the Earth and the blackness of space are visible.<br>> <br>> <br>> The Hacker Spaces in Space (HSIS) competition is an annual event where<br>> different workshops all over the country try to launch an object into the<br>
> upper atmosphere. Each launch is scored based on factors of altitude<br>> reached, weight, speed of module recovery, and the cost of parts used in the<br>> module. Makers Local 256 members launched their weather balloon several<br>
> times, and came in first place by only half a point. The balloon had a<br>> built-in camera which allowed it to take stunning pictures of earth from the<br>> atmospheric ceiling (see attached)<br>> <br>> <br>
> <br>> For more information about Makers Local or the HSIS contest, please visit<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.256.makerslocal.org">www.256.makerslocal.org</a><br>> <a href="mailto:contact@makerslocal.org">contact@makerslocal.org</a><br>
> <br>> <a href="http://workshop88.com/space/">http://workshop88.com/space/</a><br>> Makers Local 256<br>> 203 Brown Street<br>> Huntsville, Al 35805<br>> <br>> <br>> END PRESS RELEASE<br></div>