Germans and their Bratwurst

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/world/europe/24bratwurst.html?8ur&emc=ur

Photos from 93,000 feet

My mentee is famous! :)

The first year MechE who was assigned to me as my mentee this year told me about his cool weather ballon/camera side project a few weeks ago (right before their latest launch). And I just now found out that this project has been making it into quite a few online sites.

Ahh these MIT kids impress me. Just wait til you hear about the OTHER side projects they're working on.

Basically, they've carried out a launch on the very low budget of $150, took some amazing pics, and hope to spread this launch know-how to younger students to inspire interest in science.

The weather balloon launch reminds me of the Mars Plane project I worked on in undergrad :) so this was all really exciting for me!



http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students-beat-nasa-on-beer-money-budget

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-328198

Their website:
http://space.1337arts.com/

Human Space Flight Committee

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/hsf/related_documents/summary_report.html