[ATM] ATM Space telescope

[Kevin MIchael Zabbo]

Like any unguided projectile, once you send up that luftballoon, it's not your responsibility any more, even if you have your name on it somehow.  It's at the mercy of the wind, even if you can guess which way the wind blows.  Don't need a Weatherman for that.

As far as hangar 18 at area 51, that stuff has been moved to hangar 19 at area 52, or so the rumor goes.

Kevin

One of my invisible friends wants me to kill my other invisible friend.


--- On Sat, 10/10/09, Richard Schwartz <richard1941 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Schwartz <richard1941 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ATM] ATM Space telescope
> To: "David Weinshenker" <daze39 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: "atm at atmlist.net" <atm at atmlist.net>
> Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:43 PM
> What if you flew over hangar 18 at
> area 51?
> 
> Sent from Richard's iPhone
> 
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 22:25, David Weinshenker <daze39 at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > John Hall wrote:
> >> i dont know why it would be illegal.. ham radio
> ops do
> >> helium balloon launches with ATV (amateur
> television)
> >> at various times... i dont know the particulars
> but im
> >> sure that a flight plan would have to be filed
> and
> >> some kind of id would probably be needed... there
> is a
> >> semi-active balloon group in the Tx panhandle...
> >> checkout  http://almostangels.org/balloons/
> >> 
> >> John, KA0KUY
> > 
> >> 
> >> --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Richard Schwartz <richard1941 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> 
> >> From: Richard Schwartz <richard1941 at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [ATM] ATM Space telescope
> >> To: "Dominic-Luc Webb" <dlwebb at canit.se>
> >> Cc: "atm at atmlist.net"
> <atm at atmlist.net>
> >> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 4:28 AM
> >> 
> > 
> > [re: balloon launched Amateur TV camera/transmitter]
> > 
> >> It would be illgal. You would have to keep
> everything untraceable and sterile
> >> so the fascist authority figures can't identify
> you in their duty to protect the public from witchcrapft
> > 
> > Nothing at all would be inherently illegal about such
> a plan, given
> > (as John notes) a couple of small points of regulatory
> compliance: if
> > the flight of a "free balloon" enters "controlled
> airspace", there is
> > a requirement to obtain a "waiver of operating
> limitations" from the
> > FAA (which is a pretty routine matter - it's done all
> the time for
> > things like air races and amateur rocket flights) -
> and transmissions
> > under Amateur Radio Service rules are required to
> include the assigned
> > call sign of the applicable amateur license.
> > 
> > -dave w
> > 
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