[HSIS] Fwd: press release rough draft

Tue Oct 5 12:30:44 CDT 2010

Ja,

       Talked to Bill and he said he'd like his name and his association
(HARC) to be mentioned.

                - Ethan

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Jeff Cotten <omegix at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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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