High-altitude balloon stack exhibit in U of M Akerman Hall Nov. 23 to 25

This was sent to us from James Flaten Ph.D. of the U of M. I'm posting it because it shows how Amateur Radio equipment is used to teach college students about science and technology. The Amateur Radio APRS system is one of the best tracking system in the world and pretty much the primary tracking method for these Near Space experiments.
RicKØBRennan
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I'm having students in my Freshmen Seminar put their "near-spacecraft"
(AKA high-altitude ballooning payloads) on display in the main stairwell of Akerman Hall Monday through Wednesday of next week (Nov. 23 to 25).
If you have a moment, please swing to see what they accomplished, either during the official Open House hours listed below, or any time.

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Freshmen Seminar Open House -- Spaceflight with Ballooning
Date: Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days
Location: Lobby and main stairwell of Akerman Hall

This open house for students, faculty, and alumni will feature students in the Fall 2009 freshman seminar class “Spaceflight with Ballooning.”
Faculty member James Flaten and students will answer questions and share their findings from scientific experiments recently carried by a weather balloon to an altitude of more than 100,000 feet. An inflated weather balloon with payload boxes built by freshmen in the seminar will be on display in the main stairwell of Akerman Hall until Wednesday, Nov. 25.
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James Flaten, Ph.D.