GoPro in Space!

[KarmaInitiative]

I guess some guys made a weather balloon with two gopros in it and sent it into low space, check it out

Near Space Balloon Flight, shot with HD HERO cameras from GoPro from Kevin Macko on Vimeo.

 

[eheath]

Haha that was pretty sick

 

[Tanner-D]

Really neat

 

[miroz]

Creativity points. Thats magnificent.

 

[PeterWojnar]

That was sick! That's an awesome way to spend an afternoon, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to do it right.

(the last shot in the video explains a lot)

 

[Hansel.]

I would hope that they sent this to gopro and in return they got some free shit. That is some serious R&D

 

[dunkaroos]

coolest thing I've seen in a while. thanks for posting

 

[powday]

that's awesome. GoPro's uses can be endless!

 

[dwhite]

You can drop it from space and it still won't break....I love GoPros

 

[canterbury]

very cool, but isn't that sort of dangerous to just let it soar back down to earth like that?

 

[nkmo.]

Meh, there was a drag chute attached.

 

[skinnylove]

How did they find out where it landed?

 

[goodiepocket]

that was pretty awesome. such a good idea...

 

[no_steeze]

thats what i was thinking

 

[Hoover]

probly had some sort of tracking/ gps device on it

 

[MAC.D]

GPS tracking?

 

[puurple]

that was so damn sick

 

[jeremy.g]

i need a gopro

 

[[-mvee-]]

i need a weather ballon

 

[Deezy]

at the end, i thought the poped baloon was a person falling. haha, and i wonder how they found it. probs a GPS or something. looking into the sky for 3 hours wouldnt be fun.

 

[IanAvery-Leaf]

that was so sick, the fisheye look made it look like it made it to true outer space, but 80,000ft is still really impressive

 

[KarmaInitiative]

from the description

"Acquired GPS, pressure, accelerometer, and temperature data with a Shadowbox (www.shadowboxlive.com). The payload was tracked with a SPOT satellite personal tracker. "

 

[MrLarsen]

Well, that's one more thing I won't be using my gopro for then. They got some nice shots though..

 

[Morginsfreeski]

+K for such a brilliant idea!

 

[Bukkakeskitrip]

that was sick

 

[teleak]

so cool, the photos at the end were absolutely incredible

 

[garrets]

That was seriously one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. That was awesome!

 

[wambat]

i love California...

 

[Killa_BeeKnees]

damn. 70 miles up and back. thats so sick

 

[ike.]

that was really cool, it gave of sick qual. too

 

[LiamMcKinley]

That was amazing. Such a good idea.

 

[MichSteeze]

i need a gopro and a weather ballon....

 

[cct_222]

haha sick

 

[popNfresh44]

anyone else surprised both cameras survived an 80,000 foot fall?

 

[Deezy]

exactly the reason GoPros were used.

 

[Kirsakid]

Threads for when I'm not on my iPod

 

[chapz]

that was exceptional.

 

[erickbrettson]

that was so damn sick. thoses cameras are so tough

 

[GreenHorn]

that was awesome. they had some big SD cards to hold that much HD video.

 

[leahey]

Wow that was one of the coolest things I've seen in M&A in a really long time.

 

[basedjase]

Threads for when I'm not on iPod.

 

[Yung_Gnarley]

such a sick idea

 

[Polar_Beer]

That was one of the coolest things I've seen, ever.

 

[PBraunstein]

this one is sick... but check out this guys homemade weather balloon... a bit more baller i would say..
this one makes it to 125,000 ft. with 2 hacked point and shoot cameras that are programmed to take a picture every and record video every few minutes.
now granted its not in HD, i think these shots are waaay cooler then the go-pro weather balloon

Pacific Star II from Colin Rich on Vimeo.

 

[basedjase]

That was almost better^^the stills were crazy cool.

 

[FerrisBueller]

did you even watch the video? it says 80,000 feet peak altitude, and the 70 miles your thinking of is HORIZONTAL distance traveled, so 70 miles away from starting spot.

 

[m.brus]

so sick

 

[Ducky.]

So sick. Threads

 

[tacobellslayer]

lucky they didn't bust the cameras. a true test of their durability haha

 

[16candles]

so dope. my threads

 

[J-Mel]

that was so sick.