[Lt_Apple]

http://www.spaceweather.com/

it ain't friday but it is funny. in a sciencey way.



SUBORBITAL CHICKEN: On Wednesday Sept. 5th a group of California high school students celebrated the 35th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 1 in an unusual way: They launched a rubber chicken. The popular NASA mascot Camilla traveled to the top of our planet's atmosphere on board a suborbital helium balloon. Here is a snapshot from an altitude of approximately 120,000 feet.

Camilla is wearing headphones. Why? Because she's listening to the Golden iPod, the modern-day successor to the Golden Records bolted to the side of the Voyager probes. The students are updating the Golden Records with 21st-century content that the students would like to send into the cosmos. This was just a test flight; in 2013, they hope to launch the Golden iPod into Earth orbit onboard a CubeSat they are building.

At the apex of the Sept. 5th suborbital flight, the helium balloon popped as planned and Camilla parachuted back to Earth. The students, who call their group "Earth to Sky," recovered Camilla and the Golden iPod from a remote landing site in the Nevada wilderness on Sept. 6th. Now they are all enjoying music that has been to the doorstep of space itself.

More information about the flight and the recovery expedition may be found at Earth to Sky's Facebook page. Students who wish to participate in the Golden iPod project can submit their ideas for the iPod's playlist at goldenipod.org.

[Ifroham4]

Fantastic to see young students being active in such experiemnts....
These could be our future physicists and scientists continuing on our exploration of the final frontier.
Pity we don't see more active participation in Sub orbital and LEO exercise's in this country.

[Peptobismol]

Great exercise bogsnorkler, thanks for the ref

[Big A]

I can only say that I would often love to be back in school these days. So many new options available.

[tgs]

there have been a few of these "toys" in, almost, space jj.

[Paul Bunyan]

Suggestions for any school teachers out there.......
Taking classes out to the central west NSW town of Parkes, and see the still very impressive Parkes Radio TELESCOPE.

I was there on a caravan trip last year at this time, and it still impresses particularly when they decide to move it 90 degrees laterally and 45 vertically, which they did while I was there.
Also an impressive photo museum of important Apollo missions.
The kids would love it!

[Paul Bunyan]

there have been a few of these "toys" in, almost, space jj.

poor cold little guy


Thanks again.

[MannoFr]

Suggestions for any school teachers out there.......
Taking classes out to the central west NSW town of Parkes, and see the still very impressive Parkes Radio TELESCOPE.

I was there on a caravan trip last year at this time, and it still impresses particularly when they decide to move it 90 degrees laterally and 45 vertically, which they did while I was there.
Also an impressive photo museum of important Apollo missions.
The kids would love it!

I wish my school had arranged field trips like that, and my teachers had been genuinely excited by and knowledgable about science and stuff. Alas, my first real interest in big science resulted from seeing the movie _Young Einstien_ starring Yahoo Serious, and my year 11 science teacher was able to tell me absolutely nothing about (what I'd later come to learn independently were the theories of) special and general relativity.

I feel so let down by my high school education

[cafeviahe]

i was laying in bed have a cogitate last night when i remembered that my hometown had done one of these "bears in space" thing.

http://www.multipro.com.au/strato-bear-in-space/

http://www.multipro.com.au/operation-strato-bear/

and for a good cause.

[Hujkmlopes]

and the launch from donnybrook oval.

[giturbewan]

I wish my school had arranged field trips like that, and my teachers had been genuinely excited by and knowledgable about science and stuff. Alas, my first real interest in big science resulted from seeing the movie _Young Einstien_ starring Yahoo Serious, and my year 11 science teacher was able to tell me absolutely nothing about (what I'd later come to learn independently were the theories of) special and general relativity.

I feel so let down by my high school education

My second grade teacher was interested in astronomy, which is how I got to be interested as well. Twas the year of Halley's Comet but Giotto was scheduled to rendezvous with the comet at 11am- our recess time. We weren't allowed to stay in and watch it

I was interested in chemistry for about 10 minutes after my year 7 science teacher made two clear liquids turn bright yellow when combined. I still did well that year- came top of the class for science

[Retapleapse]

who would have thunk it donnybrook leading the space race in australia.