Sending a Doge Coin to Nearspace, My Mission to Compete With Elon Musk
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Image Author: ArchWorks, Image source Deviant Art, Published: Jan 4, 2014
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"Sending a Literal Doge Coin to Literal Nearspace"
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Image Author: Steve Jurvetson, Image Source: Flickr, "cc-by-2.0"
244 cu ft helium tank with helium (roughly $500)
gas for vehicles to get to/from launch/recovery location
a monthly subscription to Spot Gen 3 Personal Tracker for GPS monitoring
Doge coin cold storage wallet (1oz silver)
TX-1500 Weather Balloon from Kaymont Balloons
Parachute for recovery
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