this post is ALL about the flight and the results of this mission... so... many of you have been wondering "why do they call it 'science disasters''? well... let me tell you: because the whole thing WAS a disaster! we got our launching position and everything was going to plan. Here are some pictures of the launch: So we tracked the balloon with the OTHER phone. so while we waited for the balloon to burst (3-6 hours) we used the extra helium from matheson to fill the gloves we were wearing to fill the balloon. :P we saw the tracking and after about 1 hour it was at 30,000 feet when it should have been at 50,000 feet. This was the last contact we got from the balloon. As you can see it has a continuous rise rate in the picture below, so it did not appear to be rising slowly because it was leaking, it may just have not had enough helium for some reason. One thing we noticed is that the phone battery was very hot at 116degF, maybe because it hadn't hit the super cold air yet. Even at this slow rise rate the balloon should have burst in 222 minutes and been back on the ground in less than 6 hours, easily within our 10-12 hour battery life. To say the least, the mission was a Science Disaster, and we lost all of the arduino and phone etc. RIP. Our theories on what happened: 1. The phone was shut down due to heat... 2. The lipo battery on the extra video camera could have exploded due to heat. 3. It could have been chopped up into hamburger by an airplane. 4. The balloon might have floated a long time due to not enough helium, and by the time it came down the battery was dead. 5. God kept the balloon. 6. Putin viewed it as a threat and had a satellite take it out. We hope someone out there finds our payload and visits this blog and calls the number on the box -- 313-805-2800 to return it for a nice reward! "It was a great experience" - Ezra. "That was the most disappointing day of my life" - Malachi "Malachi is always negative" - Ezra "It was fun" - Malachi "Stay tuned for our next awesome Science Disaster..." - The Team.
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Grandma C
7/13/2016 06:11:51 am
So sorry but I'm glad you tried. I'm sure that you had a lot of fun and learned a lot. Keep going. I'm looking forward to you rnext adventure. Thanks for sharing teh pictures. Love you.
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Spongebob
7/13/2016 06:57:23 am
Wow! Sounds like an experience!! I can tell you boys worked hard. Good luck getting your stuff back!
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"Mr Krabs" Malachi
7/13/2016 04:21:56 pm
Who are you and what have you done to spongebob!?!?
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Arie G
7/13/2016 09:37:02 am
What a cool adventure and experiment! Tell your dad to stay off the roof. I hope you get a call soon regarding the payload contents. Thanks for sharing.
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7/13/2016 12:31:35 pm
Congratulations on the launch, Malachi and Ezra! Sorry to hear that the payload was lost :( hopefully someone will find it and return it!
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John P
7/14/2016 06:22:17 am
Nice job on puling this altogether. I like your theories on what happened. Hopefully God just keeps the balloon and sends the phone back.
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Mrs. Pelic
7/15/2016 06:19:53 pm
I think this is awesome even if it didn't go as planned - I am very impressed wth all that you did to make this happen and to track it! Great job boys (and dad)!
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Wendy MacLennan
7/15/2016 10:39:57 pm
Sorry for your loss, guys, but you are creating one fantastic record of your ingenuity! Remember lots of famous folks have been unsuccessful at first attempts - you're in great company!
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