Hampshire teddy bear goes into space (From Daily Echo)
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Eastleigh schoolchildren send teddy into space
9:59am Sunday 3rd March 2013 in News
By Melanie Adams, Health Reporter
Derek the space teddy
A HAMPSHIRE teddy bear called Derek has been launched into space this lunch time.
Derek the Steiff teddy has been sent into the great unknown at the end of a Helium balloon, equipped with a camera and GPS tracking.
He is expected to go 40km into the air above the New Forest, dressed in a silver space suit, and will fall back down to earth at around 4pm.
It is part of an experience by Toynbee School Science Club and the University of Southampton in a bid to observe how conditions change the further you are from the Earth’s surface.
Derek is fitted with trackers and sensing equipment to record information about temperature and pressure, as well as tracking information about his decent.
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cliffwalker
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12:17pm Sun 3 Mar 13
southy
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1:33pm Sun 3 Mar 13
solomum
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1:35pm Sun 3 Mar 13
cliffwalker wrote:I am beginning to think that the journalists make these mistakes on purpose. If not then how on earth do they keep their jobs? Perhaps basic English lessons should be provided for them.
For pity's sake, Mr Editor, can we have reports that are free of spelling and/or grammatical errors?
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2:27pm Sun 3 Mar 13
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