[HSIS] Fwd: Maker 256 launch Weather forecast and Landing Prediction

Matt brimstone at the.narro.ws
Thu Apr 1 11:44:20 CDT 2010


Ethan Chew wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
>      Looks like we have a launch scrub into next week due to
> thunderstorms and this Saturday's weather landing us in the backwoods of
> Tennessee.  Rescheduling launch to April 10th or 17th.  On April 10th,
> Bill Brown will be launching a couple balloons with the UAH balloon
> launch team.  This would be a good opportunity for us to learn how a
> balloon launch is done.  Also, we may be able to do a test flight of our
> payload on one of the UAH balloons if there is space available. 
> Otherwise, he will be opening up launch opportunities on April 11th or
> April 17th from his farmhouse with our 800g balloon.  Let me know what
> you think.

I'm cool with that. I don't really trust the cellphone now that i've
worked with it more. I'd much rather have a radio beaconing tracker.
I'll be unavailable on the 17th though.

#matt

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