Good morning.
It’s a mostly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of fifty-six.
These are particularly difficult times for Whitewater, for Wisconsin, and all America. Yet, for it all, Americans are an ambitious, resilient people. Ambitious in ways admirable and encouraging. Consider Project T.B.A.C., in which Las Vegas students designed an
“aircraft” launched by using trash bags on August 24th 2011. The project was designed and created by Manuja Gunaratne – a high school senior. The aircraft was launched in the Las Vegas valley area and managed to capture stunning pictures of the Earth.
Various similar projects have been done previously using weather balloons; however, Project T.B.A.C varies since it utilized trash bags to capture images of the Earth. Even though it did not reach an altitude as much as a weather balloon, it managed to capture images of the Earth from a high altitude.
The project consisted of three major components: trash bags, payload, and a parachute. The payload consisted of a GPS tracking device and a digital camera to take images of the journey. After planning the project thoroughly, I chose August 24th because that day was very warm and clear with light winds. T.B.A.C managed to stay in flight for approximately 3 hours and captured roughly 2000 pictures using a 3 second interval.
The project has its own website, with photos, videos, maps, and a discussion of the endeavor. If you have occasional doubts about our future – natural in hard times – think again: we’re more than able to overcome these times, and even now can accomplish amazing feats. Just ask Manuja Gunaratne.
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Recovery