HacDC Spaceblimp 6/Projects/Sensor Systems

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These team members will be responsible for delivering one or more payloads that use sensors for measurement.

Team Members

• Ethan M
• Ethan Waldo (tentative)
• John P
• Nancy Wolfson
• Nick (tentative)

Ideas

• Muon detection
  • https://hackaday.io/project/1700-cosmic-ray-muon-81-9x9-pixel-hodoscope
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.muonflux&hl=en
  • http://www.gizmag.com/physicist-smartphones-pocket-cosmic-ray-detectors/34121/
  • http://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.2895v2.pdf

• Slow scan TV
  • camera and audio modulator video could be sent down on UHF or VHF (HF may be too much trouble)

Links

Our rusty/dusty Geiger counter

Spaceblimp 6 Links

• Spaceblimp 6 Inventory
• Google Sheet of all Components (Old)
• Tasks Remaining, Packing List and Pre-Flight Checklists
• High Altitude Balloon Tutorial
• UK High Altitude Society
• Launch-1 Requirements Document
• GSBC Regulations Overview
• Intro to ballooning