December 8,2016
Today we drove all the way up to oceanside to launch our balloon. We wanted to hurry up to launch it because we didn't wanna draw a ton of attention and so we could bat traffic so we could get back to school sooner. We began to set everything up on the package, and then blowing up the ballloon and we ended having complications... we were running low on helium and didn't have enough. Andrew, Alex, and Phillip drove to go get more. We waited about two hours for them to get it because they got stuck in traffic. So instead of launching at about 12pm we ended up launching our balloon at 3:11pm and got back to school at 4:20pm. On the drive back we drove under the balloon a little which was kind of scary because we were going south, so we new it was heading to mexico.
December 9,2016
We started a group chat with group mates and friends telling each other where the balloon was last tracked. We came into school today and we checked up on the balloon again and it was so close to the border still, but luckily didn't go into mexico. The downside is that we lost the track on our package after a while, so what we think happned was that the parachute was to small for the package and so it didn't go down as sow as it needed for the GPS to pick up a signal and tag it. So we feel when it hit the grow it tipped over because if it tips the GPS can't track it. So we have no clue where our balloon exactly is right now, but we know what area it will be in.
December 12,2016
We only had one HTH van so not everyone was able to go on the trip to retrieve our balloon and package. Only five people got to go, some people in our group and then others from the film crew. They set out to get the balloon and they started to look in the El Centro area. When our groupmates got there they has seen a white dot on top of a mountain, and thought that it was the balloon. They drove around to see if there are any ways to get to this dot, and found out that it was on private property so even if it had been the balloon they would not have been able to retrieve it anyways.
Today we drove all the way up to oceanside to launch our balloon. We wanted to hurry up to launch it because we didn't wanna draw a ton of attention and so we could bat traffic so we could get back to school sooner. We began to set everything up on the package, and then blowing up the ballloon and we ended having complications... we were running low on helium and didn't have enough. Andrew, Alex, and Phillip drove to go get more. We waited about two hours for them to get it because they got stuck in traffic. So instead of launching at about 12pm we ended up launching our balloon at 3:11pm and got back to school at 4:20pm. On the drive back we drove under the balloon a little which was kind of scary because we were going south, so we new it was heading to mexico.
December 9,2016
We started a group chat with group mates and friends telling each other where the balloon was last tracked. We came into school today and we checked up on the balloon again and it was so close to the border still, but luckily didn't go into mexico. The downside is that we lost the track on our package after a while, so what we think happned was that the parachute was to small for the package and so it didn't go down as sow as it needed for the GPS to pick up a signal and tag it. So we feel when it hit the grow it tipped over because if it tips the GPS can't track it. So we have no clue where our balloon exactly is right now, but we know what area it will be in.
December 12,2016
We only had one HTH van so not everyone was able to go on the trip to retrieve our balloon and package. Only five people got to go, some people in our group and then others from the film crew. They set out to get the balloon and they started to look in the El Centro area. When our groupmates got there they has seen a white dot on top of a mountain, and thought that it was the balloon. They drove around to see if there are any ways to get to this dot, and found out that it was on private property so even if it had been the balloon they would not have been able to retrieve it anyways.
Updated plan:
Before we get to go launch we have to do tests, such as the shake test to make sure it is secure. We couldn't use the shake machine, we just had Phillip shake the package by hand very hard and it was all okay. Also we had to constantly check the weather to make sure the package wouldn't go to far or in area's that we wouldn't be able to retrieve it. It was hard for us to get a date that would workout because the weather hasnt been working with us, like it said our balloon would go to mexico or into the ocean. We finally got a date that would work, since the semester is almost over and we have to make it work.
We want to send pancakes to space so we can say we made space pancakes. Also to know what will happen such as if they will change in form, get destroyed, stay in one piece. Also we wanted it to be like space pancakes like Andrew L. blog. What we think will happen(hypothesis) is that it will make it into space but the radiation and weather will destroy it on the way down.
Before we get to go launch we have to do tests, such as the shake test to make sure it is secure. We couldn't use the shake machine, we just had Phillip shake the package by hand very hard and it was all okay. Also we had to constantly check the weather to make sure the package wouldn't go to far or in area's that we wouldn't be able to retrieve it. It was hard for us to get a date that would workout because the weather hasnt been working with us, like it said our balloon would go to mexico or into the ocean. We finally got a date that would work, since the semester is almost over and we have to make it work.
We want to send pancakes to space so we can say we made space pancakes. Also to know what will happen such as if they will change in form, get destroyed, stay in one piece. Also we wanted it to be like space pancakes like Andrew L. blog. What we think will happen(hypothesis) is that it will make it into space but the radiation and weather will destroy it on the way down.
Package design and suspension:
Our weather balloons design comes from a styrofoam cooler. What we had put inside were panckaes, batteries, handwarmers, GoPro, GPS. The reason we have all these things are one pancakes are our experiment for this project, Two GoPro record all our footage that we capture, three batteries to keep the GPS and GoPro alive, and four the GPS this is so we can track down the balloon package once it is down so we can go get all of our things.
Our suspention uses a swivel because we hope that the swivel will cause the footage to turn out better by keeping the package more secure and spin less. We set this up by having the swivel connect to the balloon and the have a rope run down to all four corners of the box to ensure the stability of our package. We also have the rope connect to a parachute because when our weather ballon pops we want the package o not get damaged. When the balloon does pop the parachute will deploy.
Prelaunch: We decided we would change our idea. We aren't sending the fish up to space anymore. We instead decided to send and egg up into space to see if the pressure would effect it in any way. Also we wanted to set a record for the worlds highest egg drop!! We hope to learn what will happen to the egg when it reaches that altitude like will the pressure inside the egg become more than the pressure outside of it causing it explode or what. I just really wonder is the egg going to take physical change at all. We believe that the egg will go into space and be okay. Like it will come back in one piece. We designed our package so that it won't spin a lot by adding a fish swivel and also adding hand warmers so the cameras and batteries won't freeze.
Our weather balloons design comes from a styrofoam cooler. What we had put inside were panckaes, batteries, handwarmers, GoPro, GPS. The reason we have all these things are one pancakes are our experiment for this project, Two GoPro record all our footage that we capture, three batteries to keep the GPS and GoPro alive, and four the GPS this is so we can track down the balloon package once it is down so we can go get all of our things.
Our suspention uses a swivel because we hope that the swivel will cause the footage to turn out better by keeping the package more secure and spin less. We set this up by having the swivel connect to the balloon and the have a rope run down to all four corners of the box to ensure the stability of our package. We also have the rope connect to a parachute because when our weather ballon pops we want the package o not get damaged. When the balloon does pop the parachute will deploy.
Prelaunch: We decided we would change our idea. We aren't sending the fish up to space anymore. We instead decided to send and egg up into space to see if the pressure would effect it in any way. Also we wanted to set a record for the worlds highest egg drop!! We hope to learn what will happen to the egg when it reaches that altitude like will the pressure inside the egg become more than the pressure outside of it causing it explode or what. I just really wonder is the egg going to take physical change at all. We believe that the egg will go into space and be okay. Like it will come back in one piece. We designed our package so that it won't spin a lot by adding a fish swivel and also adding hand warmers so the cameras and batteries won't freeze.
Group Thesis:
Our mission on spaceship earth is to push our boundaries in
exploration and go as far as it takes to find an answer to our
experiments.
Proposal:
Our Capstone Proposal is to send a fish to 100,000 feet and
create a successful environment for it to land and be retrieved
safely.
Hopes:
For this project my group and I want to send a fish into space
in hopes to see what will happen to the fish. Like will the fish
have a physical change, maybe no change at all.
Hypothesis:
I first stated that we should send a rat into space. Miles really
liked this idea and further proceeded to see if we would be able
to. However we were not able to. So our groups hypothesis is
that we would send a beta fish into space and come down A
okay. In effort to keep the fish alive we plan to use a vacuum
sealed container that will make it possible for the fish to be
able to breath. We plan to use hydro flask which claim to be air
tight. We are going to use heat pads to keep the fish warm so by
the time he lands he will not be frozen to death:)
Our mission on spaceship earth is to push our boundaries in
exploration and go as far as it takes to find an answer to our
experiments.
Proposal:
Our Capstone Proposal is to send a fish to 100,000 feet and
create a successful environment for it to land and be retrieved
safely.
Hopes:
For this project my group and I want to send a fish into space
in hopes to see what will happen to the fish. Like will the fish
have a physical change, maybe no change at all.
Hypothesis:
I first stated that we should send a rat into space. Miles really
liked this idea and further proceeded to see if we would be able
to. However we were not able to. So our groups hypothesis is
that we would send a beta fish into space and come down A
okay. In effort to keep the fish alive we plan to use a vacuum
sealed container that will make it possible for the fish to be
able to breath. We plan to use hydro flask which claim to be air
tight. We are going to use heat pads to keep the fish warm so by
the time he lands he will not be frozen to death:)