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  1. 29th April 2010, 02:51 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    funny things happen to discos with no aulro sticker!
    Especially those who do not move their vehicle when asked.

    An inside source told me that all spectators (who were uninvited btw - that includes the green disco owner) were asked to move their cars before the launch process started.

    Nevertheless, the disco owner has been given a hire car and had his vehicle towed to a smash repairer FOC.
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  2. 29th April 2010, 03:58 PM #12
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    When we released Met balloons with radiosondes in windy conditions we used two people. One would take the balloon upwind and release it, and when the balloon passed overhead the second person would release the radiosonde. Plain common sense, but nothing like this was done here. The balloon was allowed to drift downwind and, of course, the payload was going to swing in an arc towards the balloon (and into the ground) as soon as it was released.

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    So where were the ballon launchers from? Amateurville.
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    What makes me think the smallest piece of equipment on the ballon's instrument pod was worth a lot more than the poor Disco?
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    Quote Originally Posted by slug_burner View Post
    So where were the ballon launchers from? Amateurville.

    na, I think thats the problem - too many beakers in lab coats

    Amatures would probably have built the whole thing for a few hundred bucks, it would have worked and it would be sky high by now beeping away.

    Does anyone know when the third launch is scheduled? I need some insurance money.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hardchina View Post
    na, I think thats the problem - too many beakers in lab coats

    Amatures would probably have built the whole thing for a few hundred bucks, it would have worked and it would be sky high by now beeping away.

    Does anyone know when the third launch is scheduled? I need some insurance money.
    That's a bit hard!!

    The so-called white coats got the first one off the ground and back again successfully.

    Not bad for a bunch of beginners.

    If the failed attempt hadn't been filmed no one would have noticed except for a lab full of professors and the owner of a green Disco.
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  7. 29th April 2010, 07:13 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by samuelclarke View Post
    Man alive!

    And on a side note, there goes another few million $$...
    are discos worth that much really?

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