He built a machine last year at Hot Springs, but the balloon proved to be too weak to sustain the frame. Instead of building his frame, which is 87 feet long, of wood, he has constructed it wholly ...

The balloon was estimated to be about 200 feet high with a dangling dark-colored frame that was at least 30 feet across. The frame had an approximately 10-foot-long tech payload that included ...

Tom: Then we're going to light this on fire to see how flames and smoke travel through a balloon-frame structure. Terrence: You can see, actually, the combustibles lighting up right now ...

what kind of capabilities existed on the balloon, what kind of transmission capabilities existed, and I think you’ll see in the future that that time frame was well worth its value to collect ...

Usually, you get about 30 seconds to 2 minutes per frame. The setup uses regular ... A 320×256 image takes nearly two minutes to send. The balloon system sends every 10 minutes, so that ...

what kind of capabilities existed on the balloon, what kind of transmission capabilities existed," he said, "and I think you’ll see in the future that the time frame was well worth its value to ...