Debrief Notes for Test Launch¶

Issues¶

• List of all tools in hanger
• Checklist of all parts
  • Assembly instructions
• Better GPS tracking capability.
  • Last longer, more frequent
• Webcam phone GPS and video needs to re-enable when signal lost
• Permit workflow needs to be improved
• Use the westward winds at the beginning to limit how far East
• More free lift
  • Way to measure the lift speed
• Payload more visible
  • Strobe lights
  • Reflectors
  • Metal to show up on radar
• Package stays together. (Test)
• Sea recovery needs to be optimized
  • Hooks and loops
  • Markers that stick up from the water
• Remind the artist that the spaceship must be light
  • Get lots of spaceships early on to test and destroy!
• Make sure water cannot collect on the device and payload
• Weight of the strings in the total weight!
• Is the spaceship boyant! Should it be?
• Fishing line for everything?
  • Need to test the different strings at -60C to see if they get brittle
• Improve the predictive model stuff