Comment by Melih Karakelle on October 23, 2010 at 11:30am

Perfect flight and perfect recovery! Congratulations

Comment by ionut on October 23, 2010 at 1:45pm

I was thinking.Is it possible to use an air compressor to store the helium during flight?Something like reusing the helium in his gas or liquid form to control altitude?You want to go higher inflate the ballon, you want to go lower use the compressor to pump the helium in a recepient.

Comment by Alex Arevalo on October 23, 2010 at 4:12pm

It might be cool to have a glider that contains the video camera that would be released from about 10,000 feet. The glider would have RTL capability and land much closer to where it was launched. Even with just a 10:1 glide ratio, it should be able to glide as much as 18 miles; assuming ideal conditions, of course.

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on October 23, 2010 at 4:20pm

Thats been done many times http://www.gpsboomerang.com/content/view/19/33/

Comment by Alex Arevalo on October 23, 2010 at 6:49pm

@Gary: Yes, I see. That little glider only has a 5 to 1 ratio, so it's a good thing it can be dropped from way high up. Thanks for that. Very interesting.

Comment by Alyas Karimie on October 24, 2010 at 3:37am

@ Gary Mortimer thank you for sharing the link to GPS boomerang, :)

Comment by Alyas Karimie on October 24, 2010 at 3:40am

This is so COOL ;D

Comment by Krzysztof Bosak on October 24, 2010 at 9:14am

Once again giving false title is the best to get attention.
This is not space, as without atmosphere, the balloon would not lift, and when there is atmosphere, it is not space at all.
Yet another balloon stratospheric ballon project (ca 100/year) this time with excellent media coverage.

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on October 24, 2010 at 12:08pm

Yes I know your right Chris, but the story with his sons was lovely I thought. Its still a cool thing to do! The iphone had very little to do with it as well!

Comment by Alex Arevalo on October 24, 2010 at 2:13pm

What is the definition of _space_ anyway? Gary's link for the GPS Boomerang shows that when it is dropped from 20 km, that the air is so thin, that it has to freefall till it reaches 12 km where the atmosphere can allow the Boomerang to glide. Just how thin does the atmosphere have to be?

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