[HSIS] Fwd: press release rough draft

[Jeff Cotten]

I would mention Bill Brown somewhere in there, even if it's just "very
special thanks."  Did I understand correctly that the circuit we used was
something that Bill Brown would like to market?  This would be a great
opportunity to show him our gratitude :)


On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Rohan Rana <rohan.j.rana at gmail.com> wrote:

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