Part 3 - Into the Void
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Clever sod
I did not spot the pun till your post.
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I love subtle, makes me read the messages carefully to try and find them.
The daily balloon updates became quite addictive - well done John, you certainly achieved all your objectives on your first European flight. If it's still airborne, it could well be over the Pacific heading for North America, judging by the high-level air flow direction. Look forward to your next project with global tracking 
I saw this flying quite low over our local nature reserve today and thought of you DBK
About midday in Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
About midday in Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
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Interesting photo and given the location I can identify it - the callsign is SITS-3. The balloon must have just been launched as it subsequently went up to nearly 33,000m and is now on the way down which is why the icon has changed to a parachute. It went on a curious flight path due to the wind being in very different directions at different altitudes.
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Coming in to land.
And landed - just missed a lake.
And landed - just missed a lake.
Handy for a roadside pick up though ?
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I've learned it was a school project but I don't know the name of the school. The name SITS stands for Sent In To Space.
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And I guess no one expected there was a link with this story and an Iceland chicken nugget? But there is.I've learned it was a school project but I don't know the name of the school. The name SITS stands for Sent In To Space.
On tonight's Have I Got News for You there was an item about Iceland sending a chicken nugget into "space" to mark their 50th anniversary. The company who organised this for them, using a balloon I suspect identical to the one in MikeD's post, is called Sent Into Space and are based in Sheffield. This flight was called SITS-2.
Supermarket chain Iceland sends chicken nugget into space | ITV News
Supermarket giant Iceland has celebrated its 50th anniversary by sending a chicken nugget into space. | ITV News Wales
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I like nuggets of information.
The clever things revealed in these postings has reminded me of what I learned from having a ZX Spectrum back in the early 80s. Now retired and facing a winter with continuing restrictions, I have bought a Raspberry Pi so that I can again play around with programming. Trying to keep the brain cells active but starting from very rusty.
The clever things revealed in these postings has reminded me of what I learned from having a ZX Spectrum back in the early 80s. Now retired and facing a winter with continuing restrictions, I have bought a Raspberry Pi so that I can again play around with programming. Trying to keep the brain cells active but starting from very rusty.
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I like the Pi. There is a huge amount of support and ideas available on line.
Well done Pixie's Hill School - a little video of the flight
https://youtu.be/NZzevfzOr3I
or find it on here
What. Interesting project. Bit deep for me but the suspense was great don’t forget the email address next time
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