And we could load up weather balloons with battery-powered active wireless-G repeaters, so we could use really powerful engines and try to get it into the upper stratosphere with full network control on the rocket. --- David Nicol <davidnicol@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:30:27 -0600, Brian Densmore <DensmoreB@ctbsonline.com> wrote:
But what about little sensors in the rocket, to track speed and altitude and transmit to a land-based Linux server, running a graphical plot of the rocket? Maybe even add a little spy cam to transmit video back to the server?
and servo motors controlling the fins? and a satellite link to topographical maps? Then you'd have an open source cruise missile.
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