twesterm said:
Equipment Used in the Launch Capsule
| Item |
Weight |
Cost |
| Sounding Balloon 350g from Kaymont |
350g |
~$20 |
| Parachute |
~10g |
~$10 |
| Motorola i290 Prepaid Cellphone |
~90g, 3oz |
~$50 |
| Styrofoam Beer Cooler |
~15g |
~$0 |
| Duct Tape |
~10g |
~$0 |
| Zip Ties |
~5g |
~$0 |
| Canon A470 with 8GB SD card |
~165g, 5.9 oz |
~$40 |
| Insulation material- newspaper |
~5g |
~$0 |
| Duracell USB phone charger powered by AA batteries |
~20g 1oz |
~$10 |
| Instant Hand warmer |
~5g |
~$5 |
| 6 Ultimate Lithium AA batteries |
~15g * 6 = 90 g, 3 oz |
~$10 |
| Total |
~800g, 28oz /w misc. |
~$150 |
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The thought of taking a pic from space: priceless. There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's