Here’s a lightweight payload with four cameras...
Posted on 10/27/2019 9:09:38 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A large contraption parachuted to the ground at a farm in Merrill, Mi., this morning.
One of the companies responsible for the space junk has already come to the farm to pick it up.
...Outside, with a closer look, they found a four-legged object with an aluminum foil-wrapped box. The top of the conglomeration had what appeared to be solar panels. Inside the box were two large cameras and one Samsung cell phone, according to Nancy Welke.
...At nearly the same time, a large balloon came down onto a power line in Wheeler, Mi., a few miles away. Welke says power had to be shut off in the area while crews removed the popped balloon from the power line .
Staff from a company called Raven Industries came to pick up the space contraption.
Samsung just this week launched a program called Space Selfie. According to the Samsung website, the idea is for people to upload their picture and a space photo of Earth will be merged with their photo. The photo will then be sent back to the original uploader.
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Isn’t this how The Andromeda Strain started?
When the object was tinkered with, it instantly turned everyone’s blood into powder.
It reminds of the weird lander that wound up on Gilligan’s Island and broadcast pictures to controllers in the US.
In the background is one of those watering rigs that rolls around a central point.
“When the object was tinkered with, it instantly turned everyone’s blood into powder.”
I hate it when that happens!
I love a Garand. Me and my boys had some. Till the boat accident
That’s what I thought, too. Those are the stoutest fence posts I’ve seen in a while. Who uses wood and not those spindly steel posts?
Raven Industries is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD and has been manufacturing high altitude balloons for decades. Raven also was the pioneer in making hot air balloons.
Looks a bit like the one Gilligan found washed up on the beach of the lagoon
The professor could fix that
Dang. I knew I shoulda read all of the comments before posting
showing our age, I guess
Horse people do
that round riding arena gives that away
Here’s a lightweight payload with four cameras...
The fence lines are manicured to a “Tee”.
It looks great (and spendy).
Which part about falling onto MY property did you miss?
Oh this used to be yours? I have become quite attached to it the time we have spent together. It sought me out, you know.
I can hardly wait to read the explanation of how a balloon lifts a payload into the vacuum of space?
Not all farms raise plants. There’s horse farms, cattle farms etc....
Maybe you need to get out into the country a little more often
Impressive choice of materials. Everything that I’ve ever seen looks like burnt toast after re-entering from Space.
They must have some good quality stuff!
My daughter rides a lot and I’ve seen lots of rings, often steel like shown. But I’ve never seen four strands of wire held up on such stout posts. Maybe it’s a Michigan thing...not seen here in the West.
This type of fence is useful for young horses and stallions. With sensible horses, a single walk around the perimeter will teach them to stay out of trouble.
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