MakerBot Sends Colbert into Space
After scanning Stephen Colbert‘s head in preparation for Bre’s appearance on the Colbert Report, we encouraged Thingiverse users to mashup the Colbert model with all sorts of other objects. (And got to work ourselves.)
Not content to confine ourselves to mashups, we initiated the MakerBot Space Program with a mission to send a bust of Stephen Colbert into space on a weather balloon with a Flipcam and a GPS enabled cell phone.
Special thanks to Bre Pettis, Jonathan Monaghan, Keith Ozar, Luke Schantz, Anney Fresh, Eddie Codel, Mariko Kosaka, Stephen Colbert, and Dave Neff for the R&D, launch, and recovery of this, our first MakerBot Space Mission.
UPDATE: Check out some of the great pieces written about this project at BoingBoing, Gizmodo, Makezine, TechCrunch, CBS News, Mashable, The Huffington Post, and Laughing Squid!
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21 Comments so far
MakerBlock
That is the best thing I have ever used my eyes to watch.
drag0n57
Balloon, space, excellent! This was great. Thanks for sharing the adventure.
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GeoDelGonzo
Go team MBSP!!!
That “Colbeart over Long Island” pic smiles with achievement.
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Dave
So, what altitude did you get it to?
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Cryptob
Nice work guys!
Looked like a fun day out. Could you publish some height stats and software info for your telemetry?
Very cool!
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