La hamburguesa voladora de los chicos de Harvard
Cinco amigos de la Universidad de Harvard han enviado una deliciosa hamburguesa al espacio. El experimento fue patrocinado por una hamburguesería local de Massachusetts. La hamburguesa alcanzó una altura de 30.000 metros, antes de volver a tierra a una velocidad de 150 km por hora. De regreso la han encontrado gracias al GPS al norte de Boston, a 130 millas del punto de partida. El proyecto ha sido bautizado como operación Skyfall.
5 friends from Harvard University decided to send a delicious hamburger to space. B.good, a local hamburger company in Massachusetts, was generous enough to help us out and sponsor this entire mission (check them out at www.bgood.com). That was their burger! They are awesome.
The launch took place in Sturbridge, MA and reached a max altitude of 30000m. A 600g weather balloon filled with helium was attached to a GoPro Hero, HTC Rezound phone (GPS) and a Hamburger.
We launched it on the 27th of October, 2012 at 12:22 PM, the equipment was recovered via GPS tracking 130 miles somewhere north of Boston.
Shot and edited by Gabriel Freedman