From: Mike Coslo on Tues 5 Jul 2005 22:44

wrote:

Tsk. Coslonautics, ink, is still challenged to reach the "threshold
of space" as announced last year...going where other ham radio
balloons have gone before. It is now nearly mid-summer and no
flight, no tests, no words.

Glad you asked! "Things" are moving along well enough, much of the
equipment has been chosen, yet needs to be integrated. Flight 1 will be
tethered to shake down the payload, flight two will be a short,
relatively low altitude flight. At flight 3, the payload form factor
will be changed. Beyond that, the flights will build on the success or
problems encountered during previous flights.

That's all the words you get.

So, "flight 1" hasn't gotten off the ground yet...

Been almost a year since you started cheering for yourself
in this newsgroup.

There will be web pages devoted to the project. At that time you can
read and ridicule, but you'll have to go to the website to get yer material.

Nothing's happening yet, is it? Everything on the ground.

Think of it this way: "Outer space" is only an hour's drive
away...if your car can drive straight up, that is...

Be sure and notify the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, National
Geographic to be on the alert for the Latest News from Launch
Control. Once you are out to launch, you might be out to lunch.

Bone apetite.

BTW, will you have "live streaming video" from das balloon?

Keep the bandwidth down, senior, you can't interfere with
others' communications, despite the glory and grandeur of this
(not yet) accomplishment.

"Up, up, and awwaaaayyyyyy!" Yawn.

bit bit