Kylie
HA!
She hasn't even released a good night time activity video yet.
Pah, amateurs.
Well, you lovely people, it's time to wrap the Paper Aircraft Released Into Space project following our astounding Vulture 1 triumph. In case you missed it, we had a bit of a result with our beloved PARIS. No sooner had the news broken in Oz, than the international media were all over us like a rash. Poor old John Oates was …
Are you transferring your super secret technology to Iran? teh horror... TEH HORROR!!!1oneone
On a more serious note, it's nice to see how this experiment sparked, or at least feed, this sense of discovery around the world. In particular, love the Oz idea (Codename KYLIE? that's genius!)
Let's see how Vulture II fares against its worldwide competitors...
I say well done for the amount of informmation you're sharing and have shared. I'm glad that you haven't tried to monetize the whole thing, which would be something I would expect from the traditional press.
Clearly from this project we can determine you are fans of the open source development model, at least as far as paper plane construction is concerned :-)
I've been following the whole thing from the start and it's been brilliant.
Thanks for the entertainment, long may it continue.
I have this curiosity in me. I'd like to see someone take these designs, adapt them to use a thin plastic shell, print it out on a reprap/makerbot type of thing and see how well it would work and what kind of payload it could carry.
Of course I also want to see a version made light enough to carry a small processor, micro-film solar on the wings, small electric engine and then see how well the low-cost spy drone works. If you thought google street view was bad...
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I didn't catch what this acronym signified but offer,
( aussie stuffs english tongue into german cheek )
Kerboshing Yer Limey's Inner-atmospheric Expedition ?
The girl herself, of course, Knocks Yer Libido Inna Extremis. nostalgically.
A succession of Victory beers to the PARIS team and long may they rien etcetc
A good effort, although according to the full SWNS story...
http://swns.com/spudnik-amazing-pictures-from-potato-launched-into-space-181430.html
...this happened in December last year. Press not exactly quick out of the blocks this time. Bit of surfing on the back of PARIS? Probably.