Prototyping w/ masking tape. The team made the sub trailers prototype guide rails out of foam, plastic & masking tape. After fitting them to the sub we mounted them on the trailer. Next week we’ll lift the sub on to the trailer for a test fit. Then we’ll make the real ones ..read more

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New Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/aRtM0hheSjg?si=kK3bGrL6jzSWBHjC A short of one of our balloons giving it up at 100,000 feet ..read more

Our mission control van being stripped down so it can get built back up again. There’s a couple of decades of desert dust under that frame ..read more

Video! https://youtu.be/N6UdMPT2b4o We caught the burst of the Away 132 balloon from the ground. It was straight overhead when it burst at 102,900 feet. This video shows the burst from the ground and from on board ..read more

Roll at 102,900 feet. Away 132 up top. This is why we do what we do ..read more

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https://youtube.com/shorts/uTfrXf_WHEY?si=Ra60T4e6t5Cd_pJZ This is a YouTube Short of our MHD test firing #131 ..read more

I’m exploring Chat GTP and wondered what it would say about exploring Venus. I was surprised at the quality of the response. It gave a fairly complete and very readable summary of Venus exploration.  Impressively it also cited the sources of the information. My input: How to explore the planet Venus in 500 words ChatGPT’s output: Venus is the second planet from the sun and is similar in size to Earth ¹. It has a thick atmosphere that traps heat, making it the hottest planet in our solar system ¹. Venus has been visited by more than 40 spacecrafts ¹. However, due to its harsh environment ..read more

Youtube: https://youtu.be/8HTEUSK4o-k?si=kuBUmRc9Z8hfc-Gm The next step! From MHD test firing No. 130 ..read more