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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 1, 2016 0:14:04 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 1, 2016 22:04:00 GMT 12
WOW....the balloon sure has gone full circle....it's currently drifting northeast off the east coast of the North Island.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 2, 2016 0:14:00 GMT 12
There's a big storm there tonight
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 2, 2016 0:17:58 GMT 12
Click on the icon for the balloon, Dave, and see what altitude it is at.
I very much doubt there will be much weather to worry about at 109,787 feet above sea level (as I post this).
The air would be too thin at that altitude for there to be much in the way of bad weather.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 2, 2016 16:19:21 GMT 12
Now drifting in a northeasterly direction a few hundred k's east of East Cape, heading out into the big, wide Pacific Ocean.
Presently at 109,833 feet, still way above most of the weather.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 19, 2016 18:50:20 GMT 12
The balloon has lost 20,000 feet of altitude over the past 24 hours.
I wonder if it is prematurely losing gas?
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Post by delticman on Jun 19, 2016 19:36:39 GMT 12
The balloon has lost 20,000 feet of altitude over the past 24 hours. I wonder if it is prematurely losing gas? About 4hours ago it was showing 110,000 something, then it moved south westwards. Was in high eighties last night. Have to put it on a four watch I think. |
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Post by delticman on Jun 20, 2016 8:25:08 GMT 12
The balloon has lost 20,000 feet of altitude over the past 24 hours. I wonder if it is prematurely losing gas? About 4hours ago it was showing 110,000 something, then it moved south westwards. Was in high eighties last night. Have to put it on a four watch I think. At 0823, 20/16/16 it's back to 110,123 feet heading west. |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 20, 2016 11:40:22 GMT 12
Last night when I posted that message, it was shown as being at 89,000 feet.
So it had lost heaps of altitude, then gained it all again overnight.
Either that or Google map's system is all stuffed-up.
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Post by lowandslow on Jun 20, 2016 12:44:33 GMT 12
I think it sinks when it is dark and climbs again when the sun warms the envelope
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Post by delticman on Jun 21, 2016 23:01:01 GMT 12
After todays effort, Mavis would be a good name.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 3, 2016 12:18:02 GMT 12
from the Otago Daily Times....NASA balloon lands in PeruSunday, 03 July 2016NASA's scientific balloon flight which eventually launched in Wanaka nearly two months ago has come to an end.
The super pressure balloon has landed in Peru, after 46 days and 20 hours in the air.
It's a record for a mid-latitude scientific balloon flight, and two weeks longer than the previous balloon launch from Wanaka.
Balloon Programme Office chief Debbie Fairbrother said Nasa was extremely pleased with the flight time and would take some of the lessons learned for its next launch.• CLICK HERE to view the flight-path taken by the balloon throughout its flight.www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/389029/nasa-balloon-lands-peru
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Post by isc on Jul 3, 2016 22:53:39 GMT 12
If it hadn't got lost, and wandered around of the coast of South America, it would have done at least two circuits of Antarctica. A great flight. Will NASA be able to recover the instruments? isc
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Post by baronbeeza on Jul 3, 2016 23:19:33 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 4, 2016 10:32:55 GMT 12
Straight out of the horse's mouth ( so to speak), on Radio NZ's Morning Report earlier this morning, Guyon Espiner talked to Jeremy Eggers from NASA's Balloon Program about the balloon and the reason they brought it down in Peru. I had noticed the altitude fluctuations mentioned during this interview and in fact posted about it earlier in this thread. You can listen to the discussion on Radio NZ this morning by clicking on the following link.... • NASA's super balloon, makes it to PeruAnd you can view the flightpath taken by the balloon throughout its voyage by clicking HERE. |
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Post by isc on May 8, 2017 22:59:54 GMT 12
Didn't follow this years one, but it only lasted 9 days after about 10 attempts to get it airborne. isc
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