GEO BUG INTO SPACE

[FLY BOY]

OK HERE IS MY GOAL. I WANT TO SEND A GEO BUG INTO SPACE. I HAVE BUZZ-LIGHT YEAR SITTING HERE GETTING READY TO HEAD TO CAPE CANAVERAL FOR HIS ADVENTURE. DOSE ANY ONE HAVE SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? OR DOSE ANY ONE KNOW A GEOCACHING ASTRONAUT? ONE BIG STEP FOR GEOCACHING.

 

[This message was edited by FLY BOY on September 27, 2002 at 01:37 AM.]

[+lathama]

it is very unlikly that your bug will ever reach it's goal as there are no geocahces on other planets.

 

I should change the goal if i were you to something more realistic - like visit NASA

[+lathama]

it is very unlikly that your bug will ever reach it's goal as there are no geocahces on other planets.

 

I should change the goal if i were you to something more realistic - like visit NASA

[GoPherStash]

This one is way too easy. All you have to do is go the the top of a hill in Nevada on a clear night, stomp out a huge picture of your travel bug in the grass, put an aluminum foil helmut on your head, and chant five musical tones over and over. If you see strange lights, bend over and you may be rewarded with a travel bug from another galaxy.

 

GoPherStash

[GoPherStash]

This one is way too easy. All you have to do is go the the top of a hill in Nevada on a clear night, stomp out a huge picture of your travel bug in the grass, put an aluminum foil helmut on your head, and chant five musical tones over and over. If you see strange lights, bend over and you may be rewarded with a travel bug from another galaxy.

 

GoPherStash

[+Jamie Z]

Unfortunately, you will not likely see Buzz go into space.

 

I imagine there may be a few astronauts who would find caching interesting, but any that will be flying soon are very busy with training.

 

Also, the cost of sending cargo into orbit is somewhere around $10,000 per pound, and astronauts are assigned a very strict weight limit for personal belongings. I'd have a hard time imagining any of them would give up a few precious ounces to bring a toy into space.

 

The goal, at this time, is a bit far-out. But in the future... this might be something that could happen.

 

There are ten (I believe) public NASA sites around the country... have Buzz visit one or any number of them.

 

Jamie

[+Jamie Z]

Here ya go, GPS:

 

Aluminum hat

 

Jamie

[+Markwell]

What about some alternative destinations...

 

Michigan Space Center

Space Center

2002 A Space Odyssey

SPACE CRAFT CACHE

It Came From Outer Space

Deep Space

 

Markwell

Chicago Geocaching

[+Centaur]

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Originally posted by GoPherStash:

All you have to do is go the the top of a hill in Nevada on a clear night,..., put an aluminum foil helmut on your head, and chant five musical tones over and over.

_G_o_P_her_S_tash

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This hill ok ?

 

(Now on top of THAT would be a 5 star Cache!)

 

[+Centaur]

quote:

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Originally posted by GoPherStash:

All you have to do is go the the top of a hill in Nevada on a clear night,..., put an aluminum foil helmut on your head, and chant five musical tones over and over.

_G_o_P_her_S_tash

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This hill ok ?

 

(Now on top of THAT would be a 5 star Cache!)

 

[+DenaliNW]

Your idea is cool, but is already a goal of a few travel bugs:

Raph, the space cadet

and Venturestar.

 

Will it happen? Who knows?

[+DenaliNW]

It will be good to see another Buzz Lightyearfloating around. Hopefully the guy who has him, and has never logged him in, will move him along soon.

[bloomcru]

Heck do you find the perfect references? You've got a better mind for trivia than even my inlaws, AND you know how to insert into a forum reply- Hats off-

 

By the way, have you ever read "Mississippi Solo" by Eddy L. Harris? He did it quite some time ago, but I just read it recently.

[+welch]

Devils Tower, right?

cool place.

 

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Originally posted by Centaur:

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Originally posted by GoPherStash:

All you have to do is go the the top of a hill in Nevada on a clear night,..., put an aluminum foil helmut on your head, and chant five musical tones over and over.

_G_o_P_her_S_tash

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This hill ok ?

http://www.centaur.org/vacation/tn_P9120519_JPG.jpg

Saw it on vacation. Or did I?

 

(Now on top of THAT would be a 5 star Cache!)

 

http://www.chicagogeocaching.com/img/logo_small.jpg

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[+welch]

Devils Tower, right?

cool place.

 

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Originally posted by Centaur:

quote:

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Originally posted by GoPherStash:

All you have to do is go the the top of a hill in Nevada on a clear night,..., put an aluminum foil helmut on your head, and chant five musical tones over and over.

_G_o_P_her_S_tash

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This hill ok ?

http://www.centaur.org/vacation/tn_P9120519_JPG.jpg

Saw it on vacation. Or did I?

 

(Now on top of THAT would be a 5 star Cache!)

 

http://www.chicagogeocaching.com/img/logo_small.jpg

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[+Centaur]

Aye, thats the place. And its in Wyoming.

-Centaur

 

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Originally posted by welch:

Devils Tower, right?

cool place.

 

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Originally posted by Centaur:

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Originally posted by GoPherStash:

All you have to do is go the the top of a hill in Nevada on a clear night

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[+Centaur]

Aye, thats the place. And its in Wyoming.

-Centaur

 

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Originally posted by welch:

Devils Tower, right?

cool place.

 

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Originally posted by Centaur:

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Originally posted by GoPherStash:

All you have to do is go the the top of a hill in Nevada on a clear night

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[+CYBret]

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This hill ok ?

 

Saw it on vacation. Or did I?

 

(Now on top of THAT would be a 5 star Cache!)

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Resisting . . . the urge . . .to paste . . hand and gps . . in front of . . . picture!

 

Bret

[+CYBret]

quote:

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This hill ok ?

 

Saw it on vacation. Or did I?

 

(Now on top of THAT would be a 5 star Cache!)

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Resisting . . . the urge . . .to paste . . hand and gps . . in front of . . . picture!

 

Bret

[+Jamie Z]

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Originally posted by bloomcru:

By the way, have you ever read "Mississippi Solo" by Eddy L. Harris?

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Yes, I have. In fact I have a copy of is somewhere. It's been a few years, though.

 

The most important thing I took from that book is that even a novice could paddle the river. I wasn't an experienced paddler, and to read about this guy that basically jumped in the boat and did it was a small bit of inspiration.

 

He focused too much on his race, though, in my opinion.

 

As for the reference. That particular clip, I just happened to run across a while back and was waiting for a good time to use it. A good google search would probably come up with the same thing.

 

Bret... That's probably been done already. Let me see if I can find a link.

 

Jamie

[+Jamie Z]

quote:

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Originally posted by bloomcru:

By the way, have you ever read "Mississippi Solo" by Eddy L. Harris?

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Yes, I have. In fact I have a copy of is somewhere. It's been a few years, though.

 

The most important thing I took from that book is that even a novice could paddle the river. I wasn't an experienced paddler, and to read about this guy that basically jumped in the boat and did it was a small bit of inspiration.

 

He focused too much on his race, though, in my opinion.

 

As for the reference. That particular clip, I just happened to run across a while back and was waiting for a good time to use it. A good google search would probably come up with the same thing.

 

Bret... That's probably been done already. Let me see if I can find a link.

 

Jamie

[+GEO*Trailblazer 1]

Build your own Buzz Rocket and launch him into space , I know some of them rocketeers are getting them pretty hi nowa day , just a buzz n the brain.....

[+GEO*Trailblazer 1]

It would not be to hard to aquire a kit for launching we use to do it when I was younger,do not know the current regulations though, my uncle worked at White Sands missle range (not suggesting a missle),just a large rocket,You could file your own flight path, trajectory and range,... would shure be alot less than NASA, you could film it ect.,ect....

[HobieTramps]

I have a bug trying to do the same thing. A longshot for sure, but what the heck, can't hurt to try. I think I may have to change his destination to Houston though.

 

Good luck!

 

HobieTramps

[+infosponge]

One of the Shuttle astronauts that went up yesterday is a FOAF...too bad I didn't think of that earlier...maybe I could have had a TB in orbit right now!

[+Crusso]

Y'know guys, Maybe you should spend a little more time investigating the possibilities instead of dismissing this goal out of hand.. (light ribbing here, no insults intended). There are several astronauts that regularly attend sci-fi conventions, Rick Searfoss being one of them. Some of them are heavy into sci-fi (where do you think they got the idea from) and are super people friendly. I spent a couple of hrs b.s.ing with Searfoss at a con about a year ago. I'll be willing to bet if a group of cachers caught up with one of these guys at a con (such as the one in NY in Jan) & presented the idea to him there would be a better then even chance of a TB in orbit.

 

See the attached image of astronauts on a trek set: (sorry it loaded here, I tried to make a clickable link to it. Don't know what happened.

 

 

I was invited to NASA to watch the 3rd shuttle launch a decade or so ago, but I know that after 9/11 NASA was not allowing civilians to visit shuttle launches. I believe they are now allowing it again. It's really not that hard to get access to these guys and again they really are people (read that Public Relations) friendly. Maybe a group of cachers backed by Jeremy could make some sort of request of NASA. Anyone actually tried this yet?

 

FlyBoy, Don't give up this goal... Make it happen!!

 

[This message was edited by Crusso on October 09, 2002 at 11:56 AM.]

[MTET]

my alien friends and I would be happy to transport your travelbug to our cache on Mars.

 

Throw the pumpkin at the tree, unless you think that pumpkin holds your destiny.

[Triforce Team]

If I wanted to get a geocache into space, I would first try to get it to a cache somewhere near the Johnson Space Center. Since that is where the astronauts train, maybe an astronaut or someone who works at NASA could get it too them. Here is an aptly named nearby cache to NASA

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=2190

[+Team Lightfoot]

This outfit will do it for you if you have the bucks.

 

Private Moon Mission

"The company is offering available space aboard the craft to any one who wants to send mementos directly to outer space. For $2,500 per gram in shipping charges, the company says it will take business cards, locks of hair, and even cremated human remains to the moon."

[+Cache Hunter D]

Perhaps Poker Flats near Fairbanks, Alaska. They have small missiles that they launch for scientific research, and I've heard when they launch them for testing they've sometimes been used for interesting purposes. Maybe he could hitch a ride on a test shot. They've got a good sense of humor up there, so they might be willing to go for it.

[+rusty_tlc]

quote:

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Originally posted by GEO*Trailblazer # 1:

Build your own Buzz Rocket and launch him into space , I know some of them rocketeers are getting them pretty hi nowa day , just a buzz n the brain.....

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Here is a solution that fits two suggestions

mars.org.uk

The photo was taken in the Black Rock Desert in N. Nevada. N40 48.741 W119 07.335

 

"No Matter where you go there you are." - Bucaroo Bonzai

[+1pilot]

oops

[+1pilot]

I've got Space Snoopy, who wants to see a launch, and has his own suit...just in case.

Bob

[+mortaine]

Nasa has something called a GAS CAN, which is a small payload that can be purchased on a shuttle. Information: http://sspp.gsfc.nasa.gov/gas/gas.html

 

Pricing is typically pretty expensive, and the program is on a space-available basis. Since the shuttle is still grounded, it's unlikely that the next flight will take any GAS cans; all payload will probably be taken up with more essential scientific programs.

 

That said, the best way to get it up there at this point is to have it hitchhike with an astronaut or cosmonaut. Or you could launch it with a satellite, but that would also be costly and a one-way trip.

[hatter]

quote:

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Originally posted by rusty_tlc:

Originally posted by GEO*Trailblazer # 1:

Build your own Buzz Rocket and launch him into space , I know some of them rocketeers are getting them pretty hi nowa day , just a buzz n the brain.....

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Here is a solution that fits two suggestions

http://www.mars.org.uk/news/200209230000/DO-launch1.jpg

http://www.mars.org.uk/stdpage3.php?view=news/200209230000.html

The photo was taken in the Black Rock Desert in N. Nevada. N40 48.741 W119 07.335

 

We should be back out in nevada again this year, and you#ll find our rates much cheaper than those quoted by NASA. Drop me a mail (I think my address is in my profile, or failing that, mail hatter@<the above domain&gt and we'll see if we can sort something.

[Neo_Geo]

Getting the bug into space is the EASY part!!! The hard part will be actually LOGGING him into a cache in outer space. That means there would have to be a cache in outer space. What coordinates would be used...? N90 00.001 E180 00.001? Wouldn't that generate some sort of error?