X-Wing in Space - Launch to Crash Landing
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Here's an extended cut of us sending an X-Wing up to the edge of space on 21st April 2015. (Yes, we know we were only a third of the way to the Karman Line, get over it! It's was our first launch and 119,000ft (36km) was space enough for us!!) You'll be glad to know we've also left off the annoying yellow writing too. In fact there's no graphics overlay at all. (Just a polite request at the end to tweet #HeyJJ to @Bad_Robot!) All the footage is also 'raw' it hasn't been sped up, slowed down or tweaked in any way, apart from a few transitions between altitudes. We'll overlay telemetry and perhaps upload the full thing at a later date. Let us know if you'd like to see it. We're just glad our R2 unit managed to make us crash-land before we hit the electricity pylons at the end... HAPPY STAR WARS DAY!!! Matt & Phil, May the 4th 2015. Music: http://www.altusmusic.ca/grandexpanse/ Towards the Galactic Centre Flight Data: We drove 50 miles from Cambridge to Bozeat to recover the payload. http://360.g8dhe.net/HAB_Flights/2015_Flights/PrjHeT_20150421/ Looking forward to Rogue One! Proper X-Wings in that!
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Wow
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Wow!!
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no way you'd be to make out trees from edge of space. bs. fake
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What to send up next? How about a GI Joe in a Mercury Capsule? http://mercuryjoe.com/
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crap! you didn't fly it!
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wait til it falls on someones head.. the headline on the next day will say, "Man could not stand the force after getting hit by the X-Wing"!!!
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i've been scavenging for comments from the Flat Earthers..
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wonder
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at 1:44 I saw something white
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at 5:41 notice the jet in the background upper left corner
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I see globe eart.
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R2, that stabilizer's broken loose again. See if you can't lock it down.
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Interesting experiment thanks for posting.
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Can't believe I missed this at the time! Huge congratulations, guys! A fantastic achievement :D
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Go to 4:18 for max altitude , and baloon burst..
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Hey I can see my house.
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You missed both a big opportunity and a big copyright claim by not using Star Wars music...
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what exploded as it reentered the atmosphere
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Where's obi wan when you need him
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