Who needs a space shuttle?
 

With 500 quid and a bit of ingenuity Robert Harrison took some impressive pictures.

Clickety click!

Well done that man!

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

pretty impressive :D

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

that's crazy, who'd have thought it would only travel 50 miles :shock:

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

Wow impressive stuff :cool:

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

I can see my house!

Thats pretty amazing for the everyday man to achieve.

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

That first shot is awesome.

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

The pictures shown aren't ones that he took. The article says he 'captured images like this one'.
They might look like a bag o crap for all we know. Not sure it's even real.
If he had a GPS tranmitter and Reciever why would he need a bigTV arial?

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

I saw some of the pictures he took, not bad at all considering how much he spent. For £500 he took some very nice edge of space shots.

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

I believed your clio being pushed by a lorry story more than I do this one :neutral:

Re: Who needs a space shuttle?
 

You can just stick a G1 phone using gps tracker application, then track where its landed via another phone. 22 mile high and a 50 mile drift is plausible.