THE ECLIPSE BALLOONING PROJECT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CUSTOM EQUIPMENT

The Eclipse Ballooning Project was a National Space Grant initiative to send as many balloon to the stratosphere during the August 2017 Eclipse. A Vanderbilt team was formed to take part in the initiative. With admission to the project, A common payload was distributed to enable video streaming from...

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Main Author: Jarrell, Adam Wesley
Other Authors: Alvin M Strauss
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Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2017
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11172017-114921/
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spelling ndltd-VANDERBILT-oai-VANDERBILTETD-etd-11172017-1149212017-11-21T05:31:55Z THE ECLIPSE BALLOONING PROJECT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CUSTOM EQUIPMENT Jarrell, Adam Wesley Mechanical Engineering The Eclipse Ballooning Project was a National Space Grant initiative to send as many balloon to the stratosphere during the August 2017 Eclipse. A Vanderbilt team was formed to take part in the initiative. With admission to the project, A common payload was distributed to enable video streaming from the balloon, the centerpiece of the project. Additional packages were developed and added to broaden the scope of the project. The experience high altitude ballooning was documented, as well as lessons learned and recommended modifications to the system for future balloonists. Initial analysis of the measurements taken by the environmental logger flown for two flights is presented. Alvin M Strauss George E Cook VANDERBILT 2017-11-20 text application/pdf http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11172017-114921/ http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11172017-114921/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Vanderbilt University or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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THE ECLIPSE BALLOONING PROJECT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CUSTOM EQUIPMENT
description The Eclipse Ballooning Project was a National Space Grant initiative to send as many balloon to the stratosphere during the August 2017 Eclipse. A Vanderbilt team was formed to take part in the initiative. With admission to the project, A common payload was distributed to enable video streaming from the balloon, the centerpiece of the project. Additional packages were developed and added to broaden the scope of the project. The experience high altitude ballooning was documented, as well as lessons learned and recommended modifications to the system for future balloonists. Initial analysis of the measurements taken by the environmental logger flown for two flights is presented.
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title THE ECLIPSE BALLOONING PROJECT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CUSTOM EQUIPMENT
title_short THE ECLIPSE BALLOONING PROJECT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CUSTOM EQUIPMENT
title_full THE ECLIPSE BALLOONING PROJECT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CUSTOM EQUIPMENT
title_fullStr THE ECLIPSE BALLOONING PROJECT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CUSTOM EQUIPMENT
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