{"id":1157,"date":"2013-07-01T11:48:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T01:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2016-01-11T08:47:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T21:47:28","slug":"participating-in-the-hale-project-high-altitude-lego-extravaganza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/participating-in-the-hale-project-high-altitude-lego-extravaganza\/","title":{"rendered":"Participating in the HALE project (High Altitude LEGO Extravaganza)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nevada, July 29th 2008 at dawn:<\/em><\/p>\n Dr Eric Wang and his team are preparing two high-altitude balloons for launch in the middle of nowhere. Several payloads are tied together to form the electronic, mechanical and photograph-taking passengers for the flight to the lower stratosphere. All participating groups are waiting in suspense, trying to get some information about each operational step. Fortunately, Dr Wang uses his satellite phone to contact Brian Davis regularly. Davis provided two payloads on the first balloon, and he continuously refreshes his\u00a0NXTstep blog<\/a>. Furthermore, each balloon carries one important communication payload, consisting of both ham-radios that emit traceable RF waves and GPS devices that provide additional help in the retrieval of the payloads after the flight.<\/p>\n