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		<title>Icarus III Launch 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be the first launch of Icarus III this weekend.
Launch EARS @ 09:00 UTC
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		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2010/05/13/icarus-iii-launch-1/</link>
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		<title>A logo for the Icarus Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Italian designer Ruben Frosali kindly designed a logo for the Icarus Project.
Ruben is based in Japan and works as a freelance designer and is based in Japan.

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		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2010/05/13/a-logo-for-the-icarus-project/</link>
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		<title>Icarus II Launch 6 &#8211; Ash Cloud Observation Attempt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well this turned out to be a failure. The power save feature on the camera activated before launch and the a camera turned itself off before launch. So no pictures payload  .
However on a slightly more positive note Neil managed to video the balloon from launch to burst which is a first for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2010/04/17/icarus-ii-launch-6-ash-cloud-observation-attempt/</link>
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		<title>A poem by Elvis McGonagall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flight of Fancy
Tethered to earth by gravity’s guy-ropes
Trudging out from primordial sludge
Sleepwalking down the years in deep-sea divers’ boots
Nose to the grindstone we endlessly drudge
Oh would that we could fly like Icarus (but without his wings of wax)
To ascend unto the heavens like a beautiful balloon
Up, up and away above the cloud-capp’d steeples
Oh to soar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2010/04/03/a-poem/</link>
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		<title>Iñaki Docio &#8211; Panorama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is some amazing work done by Iñaki Docio with the images from Icarus II Launch 3.
The picture below shows The Thames esturay going into the channel. On the bottom left you can see France on the other side of the channel.
Click on the image to view in a new window at it's original size.

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		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2010/04/01/inaki-docio-panorama/</link>
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		<title>Media Interest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have got a bit of interest from the media over the last few days.
I'm glad everyone enjoyed the pictures and video.
Pictures can found here on flickr
Please let me know where you read about this project ideally by leaving a comment below or emailing me see contact details menu
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		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2010/03/30/media-interest/</link>
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		<title>Icarus III Payload Construction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get the payload the right way around
Thoughts on picture sequence.
Launch Button
Pyro Cutdown &#38; Parachute Deployment
Landing
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		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2010/02/23/icarus-iii-payload-construction/</link>
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		<title>World record altitude attempt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Launched Icarus II on its 5th mission to make an attempt for an altitude world record, sponsored by The Sun Newspaper as part of their 40th Anniversary celebrations.  Unfortunately this attempt was unsuccessful due to extremely strong winds causing the balloon to burst early though some good pictures and video were recovered.
The landing was mildly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2009/11/01/icarus-i-launch-2/</link>
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		<title>Welcome &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2009
26 May : Did duration test on on camera. 8 pics and 2min video every 5 mins = 8 hrs
Sorting out payload cut-down using smokeless powder Alliant 2330  (Nitro Cellulose based).
24 May : Did a successful launch with Steve Randall (AKA Rocket Boy). Testing the new distributed listener client. Things to do before next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2009/11/01/hello-world/</link>
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		<title>Updated camera firmware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have found a new variant of CHDK called StereoData Maker  (SDM). This is a light weight version of CHDK and it supports Kite Aerial Photography(KAP). Using this I can control the camera to run scripts by varying the length of the power pulse I send down the USB cable. NB The monitor is only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/2009/09/14/updated-camera-firmware/</link>
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