Want to try a DIY project?

[Saralonde]

Okay, not your average DIY, but look what can be done for $150 (and an MIT education ).
The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget

[VegasMike]

That's too amazing! I have a hard enough time getting shots of the moon with my $800.00 lens!

[Digidave]

That is pretty cool! What more needs to be said.

[l.k.madison]

Now there's going to be a world's worth of DPS'ers dropping $150 to be able to say they took a picture of the earth with their point and shoot. Good going, Saralonde!

On the flipside - kudos to them, that's awesome!!! How many spacecraft did NASA send up a few summers ago to Mars before they finally found it (2 that they admitted to, one missed completely because someone confused metric with English if that says anything).

Maybe those kids should go apply at NASA!

But seriously - FORTY minutes for that cooler to come back down? Holy cow. That's WWWAAAAYYYY up there!

[Digidave]

Now there's going to be a world's worth of DPS'ers dropping $150 to be able to say they took a picture of the earth with their point and shoot. Good going, Saralonde!

Now you got me thinking! I hate that when it happens!

Instead of Photowalks, we can start having Photo Fly-bys.

[Quo Fan]

To keep the phone from getting buried on impact, they could have built in a proximity launching parachute.

[windrider86]

Pretty darn cool if you ask me! I think our government should take a hint that it shouldnt cost 200 billion dollars to take photos of the earth.