Poorman's Space Program
A BalloonSat Update
Paul Verhage's series on near space experiments using BalloonSats is among the most important collection of amateur science articles to appear in The Citizen Scientist. Paul will eventually publish the series as a book. Meanwhile, be sure to stay tuned to Paul's latest installments in the series. If you have missed any of his articles, you can find them in the list below. For an excellent presentation on the importance of BalloonSats, be sure to check out Paul's BalloonSat Principia.
Poorman's Space Program (07 September 2007).
Federal Regulations Regarding Near Space Flights (05 October 2007).
What and Where is Near Space? (02 November 2007).
What you can Expect at your BalloonSat Launch (07 December 2007).
The Thermal Test Chamber (TTC) for Near Space Instruments (01 February 2008).
Designing and Constructing BalloonSat Airframes (Part 1) (04 April 2008).
Designing and Constructing BalloonSat Airframes (Part 2) (02 May 2008)
Designing Near Space Experiments (Part 1) (04 July 2008)
Designing Near Space Experiments (Part 2) (01 August 2008)
Designing Near Space Experiments (Part 3) (05 September 2008)
Designing Near Space Experiments (Part 4) (03 October 2008)
Testing BalloonSats (Part 1) (07 November 2009)
Testing BalloonSats (Part 2) (05 December 2009)
Processing Near Space Data.
Part 1. Creating Workbooks Using the Excel Spreadsheet Program (02 January 2009)
Processing Near Space Data. Part 2. Creating Charts in Excel (06 February 2009)
Processing Near Space Data. Analyzing Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) Reports (06 March 2009)
The BalloonSat Mini (03 April 2009)
The BalloonSat Easy Flight Computer (Part 1) (01 May 2009)
The BalloonSat Easy Flight Computer (Part 2) (05 June 2009)
The BalloonSat Extreme Part 1. When "One Experiment-One BalloonSat" Just Isn't Enough (03 July 2009)
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The Citizen Scientist (03 July 2009).
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