Grant Willis's Blog – September 2010 Archive (4)

Just a quick update to say that progress is being made on flying a camera payload on the 10.10.10 to the edge of space. Terry and the balloon crew have blogged more about their preparations here. http://projecthorus.org/?page_id=1470

The preparations for the filming is also progressing.

This is shaping up very well!

I have a meeting with the launch organiser for the Balloon flight on Friday night. Looks like the attempt is coming together. Spoke with the second tracking team tonight and am hopeful they will be available too.



I have just completed a montage of the photos from the last flight taken with the still camera which will give you an idea of what we might be able to capture with the video camera. Take a look!





This last flight (designated Horus 7)… Continue

This is slowly coming together. I have one of the tracking party already commit to chasing the payload on the 10th of October. Terry is thinking about payloads now, and we have one of the local TV stations potentially interested in doing a spot on the flight during the weather segment as well.



A sample of what we saw on landing lasttime can be seen here:…



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Well, after casting around and thinking of what to film that would be truely interesting and inspiring, I happened to be invited along the other day to an event that fits all of these criteria.



There is a group here in South Australia experimenting with Amateur Balloon flights, taking payloads to the edge of space. I was invited to participate in their last launch exercise where we chased a balloon 200km across South Australia to recover it and retrieve the photos that had been shot.… Continue