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John Powell at JP Aerospace<\/a> writes about resurrecting the lunar rickshaw concept<\/a> for dealing with retrieving their balloon equipment from remote and difficult terrain on earth: The Maligned Moon Rickshaw – JP Aerospace Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Powell at JP Aerospace writes about resurrecting the lunar rickshaw concept for dealing with retrieving their balloon equipment from remote and difficult terrain on earth: The Maligned Moon Rickshaw – JP Aerospace Blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-near-space"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-M4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":231,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=231","url_meta":{"origin":2980,"position":0},"title":"JP Aerospace: Big Ascender + PongSat launch system","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some intriguing recent posts on the JP Aerospace blog: * Ascender 90 Envelope Inspection - * PongSat Launch System - \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Education"","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ascender - JP Aerospace","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Ascender90-7-150x1501.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7147,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7147","url_meta":{"origin":2980,"position":1},"title":"JP Aerospace in Air & Space Magazine","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the excellent article by Mark Karpel about JP Aerospace and their near space exploits:\u00a0To Space (Okay, Near-Space) in a Balloon: A little company dreams of replacing rocket power with buoyancy - Air & Space Magazine.","rel":"","context":"In "DIY space"","block_context":{"text":"DIY space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":907,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=907","url_meta":{"origin":2980,"position":2},"title":"JP Aerospace – MHD propulsion development update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A report from JP Aerospace on the latest test of their MHD propulsion system, which would be used to power their airships to orbit (see writeup pdf): Magnetohydrodynamic Generator Test 90 - JP Aerospace Blog.","rel":"","context":"In "Near Space"","block_context":{"text":"Near Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=25"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2199,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2199","url_meta":{"origin":2980,"position":3},"title":"Video: JP Aerospace mission highlights","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This video shows highlights of the six April 2013 JP Aerospace high altitude flights, which carried a total of 2400 PongSats for students: Mission Highlights Video - JP Aerospace Blog http:\/\/youtu.be\/GNTXGWI2bWw","rel":"","context":"In "Near Space"","block_context":{"text":"Near Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=25"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/GNTXGWI2bWw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8352,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8352","url_meta":{"origin":2980,"position":4},"title":"Japanese artist’s flowers and bonzai tree pose on the edge of space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"JP Aerospace\u00a0has taken many interesting items to high altitudes with\u00a0their balloon systems\u00a0but a small\u00a0pine tree\u00a0and a floral arrangement must be among the\u00a0most unusual. 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