Sending my new Canon camera 100 000 feet into orbit

[quickdodge®]

Let me say this again...

The MIT team had a parachute on theirs..which is why it took 40+minutes to come back down and land safely. Are you really planning on just letting it fall to the ground with nothing to slow it down?

He's not worried about the camera itself. And I don't think the SD card is going to bust into pieces on impact. The camera itself will break the fall and provide a sort of comfort zone for the SD card. Later, QD.

[Tarzanman]

He's not worried about the camera itself. And I don't think the SD card is going to bust into pieces on impact. The camera itself will break the fall and provide a sort of comfort zone for the SD card. Later, QD.

Keep thinking that.

It doesn't take much to destroy an SD card. If there is enough shock to crack it anywhere then all the data will be gone.

I've seen SD cards go bad just from being bent a bit too much. A big enough drop while *inside* a heavy camera stands a pretty good chance of damaging the card enough to make it unreadable.

[quickdodge®]

Keep thinking that.

I will. Later, QD.