A NASA Medical for the BTS Crew Saturday, April 23, 2011 The story below is a bit of fun for us on the team. We already know that our crew is made from the right stuff for this flight, but the story of space medicine is too good to ignore. You can ... Read More

Press Release The following item is the official Media Release for the BTS-1 flight for Space Quest. CONTACT: Blake Raab FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel: (770) 834-9309 (USA) Blake@BearsOnPatrol.org @BearsOnPatrol on Twitter PIG, TEDDY BEAR & RUBBER CHICKEN WILL ATTEMPT TO REACH THE EDGE OF SPACE BTS-1 Balloon Transport System’s First Launch with Three Mission Mascots ... Read More

What is in a Pre-Flight Checklist? Before I start, I must state that we have not prepared the checklist for BTS-1, but this page is here to show you the sort of things needed by the BTS-1 team on the day. There is lots of gear, procedures and a phone at ... Read More

and the Winner is... Although this website (WotzUp) launched too late to invite you to enter the capsule naming competition, we are happy to bring you the winner announced today. We are pleased to announce that, with 59 of the 246 votes, the winner of the BTS-1 Naming Contest is ... Read More

What Can We Expect from the BTS-1 Mission? Well, plenty! Our mascots will have the ride of their lives for one! - so outreach for the good of their organisations will of course be a major priority. What else is will come of this mission to near space? Awareness of Space and ... Read More

We all have questions We all have questions, but the mission team has to get answers. What have we been discussing? Basically a lot of science: Here are some of the questions that have been debated. We don't have the answers to all of them and in someways, that makes this balloon trip ... Read More

What does a Mission Planning Team do? Each Group that I am involved with on the WotzUp pages has a team. They often use something like a group Facebook page for the team discussions. So what do we talk about? An amazing amount of things. As an example of our chatter ... Read More

CQ Amateur Radio Operators – near Houston APRS Tracking Map for BTS-1 Balloon Mission   Many of you already know that Camilla SDO, Skye Bleu, and I (and now Smokey Bear!) will be flying in a balloon to near space from the University of Houston on May 8th 2011. We will ... Read More

T Minus 33 Days We now have an official launch date. We will be launching on May 8th 2011 from the University of Houston. Since this is our first launch and is dependent on many factors, we don’t have an exact time for launch, but we are hoping for about 10 AM. ... Read More

Fun with Science – Pressure Relief Lately, our mission planning group has been discussing how to make our capsule waterproof. Launching from Houston, a water landing is very possible, and we want to be prepared. We will be using a styrofoam box that will be strong enough for ... Read More