September 22, 2011

Dan brought in a large circular fluorescent white light

• Should be used to make a White Star logo light for display

New task tracker introduced for consideration, hosted by trello.com

• Team decided to continue to use Pivotal Tracker for convenience

Several loose ends to tie up from Maker Faire

• Need to make some PR contacts
• Ivan at Orbcomm
• John at University of CA San Diego and want to fly Orbcomm modems
• Contact MAKE for more visibility and possible donations

Communications Controller Board

• Two paths moving forward:
• 1. Continue using Orbcomm, means we need to redesign board to include larger memory
• 2. Hack and integrate new satellite transciever
• Decided to wait 4 weeks before making progress

Fundraising

• Needs to be organized in order to complete Speedball-2 and to start super pressure experiments
• Suggestion: Wait until after first successful balloon launch in order to increase income impact

Jet stream observation

• Could have launched tonight and landed near Southern Portugal
• Summer produces wind eddies; we need a continuous stream

Speedball-1 Pivotal Tracker Clean Up

• See pivotal tracker for new list [link]

Camera

• Goal is to film/record pictures of trip for verification
• Previously, keychain camera would not operate correctly
• Choice presented to continue keychain camera development or find new camera
• Team decided to continue development of keychain camera

World Record Status

• Need to make contact with NAA to obtain information about being considered for a world aeronautical record
• Most likely need someone dedicated to this endeavor

Corporation status needs to be reinstated

Calibration

• Humidity sensor needs to be calibrated; it's our way of detecting frost point
• Temperature sensor for similar reasons

Humidity Testing

• Looking to develop a humidity testing chamber or to use an existing one for calibration and testing

Test flight battery pack voltage still needs to be checked.

Air Traffic Control Team

• Documentation needs to be reviewed
• Team needs to be recruited and needs a considerable amount of practice

Ground battery pack to be replaced by a large battery to resolve D cell problem.

Cryo chamber needs to be repaired.

New valve design is being worked on.