Science Project Request

[Dan]

I was speaking to one of my friends the other day and his son is REALLY interested in our balloon project...As he heads back to school for this year, he will be joining the Science Club...His dad asked if we would be willing to hoist a project for the school if he were to mention it to them and they wanted to do it....I told him Yes, that was sorta the whole point of doing these things (besides getting cool pictures  )...I did advise him that there would be limits, FAA mandated size and weight limitations and that once he got their interest, I would let him know what limits there would be ... We should start thinking about this because OUR limits would be more stringent than the FAA limits, after all WE need poundage for our part and would have to plan for the extra weight (bigger balloon? certainly more gas)...I should know in the next week or so if they are interested...

[Dan]

Well, I still haven't heard back from my friend about the school project thing...What do you think about approaching the High School there in Perry about a school project?  I could write a letter if you like to test the waters and see if there would be any interest, but I need to know what everybody else thinks about this idea before I go forward with it...Would you want them to have only an experimental role as in just coming up with experiments to ride up or would you want them to participate in everything, planning, launch, recovery...Or would the whole idea just be too much trouble, you think?  It could be a lot of work!  What think ye??

[Larry]

It sounds interesting, but I think if we are going to approach others, we may need to decide on absolute limits such as size, weight, and things I can't think of right now...

[sillykay]

You know if the High School found out that every one of us graduated from there and are smart enough to do something like this, it's going to ruin their reputation.

[Cheryl]

Larry makes a good point but I think it's something worth checking into.