Bizarre 'cheese space mission' fails soon after take-off.Byline: ANI London, July 29 (ANI): A cheesemaker's stunt to launch a wedge of cheddar cheese into space fell flat on its face after the organisers lost contact with its payload (1) Refers to the "actual data" in a packet or file minus all headers attached for transport and minus all descriptive meta-data. In a network packet, headers are appended to the payload for transport and then discarded at their destination. just minutes after lift-off. West Country Cheesemakers, who organised the stunt, attached 300kg chunk of cheese to a weather balloon weather balloon, balloon used in the measurement and evaluation of mostly upper atmospheric conditions (see atmosphere). Information may be gathered during the vertical ascent of the balloon through the atmosphere or during its motions once it has reached a , which lifted off from Pewsey, Wilts wilt 1 v. wilt·ed, wilt·ing, wilts v.intr. 1. To become limp or flaccid; droop: plants wilting in the heat. 2. , at 4am on July 28. The balloon floated up to the edge of space at 18.6 miles (30km) above sea level, where the 1.6m-wide helium balloon was expected to burst.he cheesemakers were expecting that the record-breaking capsule would then fall gently down to earth on a special parachute. They even fitted the capsule with a digital camera to take pictures of the cheese in outer space. But the on-board On board usually means to be traveling on some vehicle. For example, Baby On Board. Compare with overboard. Metaphorically, the term on-board is often used to refer to some piece of technology that is integrated in a moving vehicle, for example: adj. Being or occurring between galaxies: intergalactic space. in dairy product, failed shortly after take-off. It is still unclear whether the balloon managed to succeed in its bizarre mission. West Country Cheesemakers believe the capsule landed somewhere between Wiltshire and Cambridgeshire. The project took them 18 months of preparation, but cost less than 1,000 pounds. Chairman Philip Crawford said that the feat was attempted to mark the 40th anniversary of the first moon landings this month. "We are very proud of our authentic Cheddar which we make by hand on our farms and we set ourselves the very highest standards," the Telegraph quoted him as saying. He added: "It seemed appropriate, therefore, that we should mark the anniversary of the first moon landing with a giant leap for cheesekind." Fellow member Dom Lane said: "We've been tracking the trajectory and the current prediction is that it could land anywhere from here in Wiltshire to Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead (hĕm`əl), town (1991 pop. 80,110), Hertfordshire, SE England. Hemel Hempstead was designated one of the new towns in 1946 to alleviate overpopulation in London. It is a market town and London suburb. . The GPS isn't coming through on the web so we might need listeners' help to find it because we're not sure where it is at the moment." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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