February 18, 2015 - VAST

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February 18, 2015

Wednesday Class:

Sign- in Sheet
Internships

Who has applied already?

JPL - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/intern/apply/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/intern/apply/#jpl_internships

OSSI - https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/main/index.cfm?solarAction=view&subAction=content&contentCode=HOME_PAGE_INTERNSHIPS

Balloon Launch

Proposed Launch Date: March 27^th

Preliminary equipment testing date February 25^th – next week

Cold-chamber testing will be happening the beginning of March

Parachute Deployment System
Iridium
Cut-down System
Comm team

Drop Tests will also be happening soon

Only be able to take a smaller group of people to each test
Will be doing several tests

Parachute Deployment System
Cut-down System
C&DH (possibly)

Predictions

http://predict.habhub.org/#!/uuid=464783b5a31f3b48170ca9de39673c4bfc7336bb

New Project

Balloon pressure release valve

Goal: achieve higher altitudes with our payloads
Means: cut down part of train at 50,000-70,000ft

Lighter payload will allow the balloon to ascend quicker
Pressure-release valve should allow balloon to reach higher altitudes before bursting

Secondary Goal: Break some altitude records

http://www.arhab.org/#
145,590.60 ft - current record on arhab.org
World record is 173,900 ft, Japan 2002

NASA longitudinal tracking forms

Break into teams

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