This showed up when I looked at our APRS tracks after a recent ride:
Balloon chase – KJ5HY-9
Poking around a bit showed the target:
Balloon chase – W2KGY-12
Contrary to what I thought, it didn’t come up the Hudson River from West Point:
Balloon chase – W2KGY-12 track – 2018-04-21 to 2018-04-24
Knowledge of the Universal Law of the Conservation of Perversity informs you a balloon will never land in the middle of a putting green:
Balloon chase – W2KGY-12 landing site
Apparently the launch is part of a regular class project at West Point. Good clean fun!
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#1 by Eric Myers on 2018-06-08 - 12:06
It’s wonderful that you “saw” the balloon that day.
Here are my slides about the mission (and the one the year before it): http://www.spy-hill.net/~myers/talks/USMA-HAB-2018.pdf
#2 by Ed on 2018-06-08 - 12:57
And now we know the rest of the story!
Apropos of space exploration: I got The Thousand Yard Model a zillion years ago, collected a box of planets and a bowling ball sun, set it up at several family gatherings, and never took space travel for granted ever again.
#3 by Eric Myers on 2018-06-13 - 22:05
That’s great. I was set my model up on the Walkway Over the Hudson two weeks ago, but then had to stow it immediately when they spotted approaching lightning. I hope to have a few more shots at it this summer.