KNSP : The Kansas Near Space Project (KNSP) list is a forum for those interested in amateur radio balloon launches in the central US.

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The Kansas Near Space Project (KNSP) list is a forum for those interested in amateur radio balloon launches in the central US. The list originally was begun by (Lloyd) Paul Verhage, KD4STH as part of his balloon project.

The photo is from the Great Plains Super Launch 2001 on June 30th, 2001.

These groups regularly post announcements to the KNSP list:

Project: Traveler
http://www.rckara.org/project_traveler/

Habitat/SkyLab:
http://netlab.org/habitat/index.shtml

Nebraska Stratospheric Amateur Radio (NSTAR):
http://www.nstar.org

Central Nebraska Near Space Project (CNNSP):
http://www.cnnsp.org

Also see the BalloonSked list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Balloon_Sked

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Omaha World-Herald article on helium shortage http://www.omaha.com/article/20120522/MONEY/705229946 The problems began when the federal government enacted a cost-cutting law in 1996 and began selling off Posted - Wed May 23, 2012 4:07 pm	Mark Conner n9xtn Offline Send Email
Invitation to the Great Plains Super Launch - June 7-10 in Omaha This year's Great Plains Super Launch will be held in Omaha on June 7-10. The GPSL is an annual gathering of amateur radio high-altitude ballooning enthusiasts Posted - Sat May 19, 2012 8:42 pm	Mark Conner n9xtn Offline Send Email
NSTAR 12-A recovered Landing was in an open field east of Pawnee City KS. Pretty clean landing, though whip antenna appeared to have broken off at landing. The still camera only Posted - Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:37 pm	Mark Conner n9xtn Offline Send Email
NSTAR update, 31 March It is somewhat cloudy this morning, but no rain indicated on radar and it should be clearing by 10am. Winds in Lincoln are south at 5 mph now, but expected to Posted - Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:07 pm	Mark Conner n9xtn Offline Send Email
forecast track graphic for tomorrow's flight Forgot to attach this earlier - this is our current forecast for tomorrow's flight if we hit 1000 ft/min ascent. Overfilling the balloon will shorten the blue Posted - Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:10 pm	Mark Conner n9xtn Offline Send Email
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