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Wow! Wonder if the weight of a canister and mobility of a plane may help in connecting the two together? Or make it harder? Awesome story.

• planetguy 14y ago
  The canisters had little parachutes, so it's not quite as amazing as it sounds.
  • omegant 14y ago
    http://youtu.be/9jOGicfF_vQ http://youtu.be/9jOGicfF_vQ
  • JoeAltmaier 14y ago
    Just barely less amazing. Still like finding one particular mosquito in Pittsburgh?
    • planetguy 14y ago
      If the mosquito were two feet across and equipped with a radio transmitter, yeah.
      • drbawb 14y ago
        And I assume this was all necessary because: (a) They wanted to see if it could be done. or (b) They couldn't yet build a digital camera and/or digital cameras didn't work in space because of some obscure issues with radiation?
        • planetguy 14y ago
          It was 1960. No digital cameras. The CCD wouldn't be invented for nine more years!
      • dredmorbius 14y ago
        They have those in Alaska.
      • JoeAltmaier 14y ago
        No, Pittsburgh is a lot smaller than the reentry pattern of a falling satellite. By orders of magnitude. Thus the scaled comparison.