Two days before the Servet-V launches, we presented the project on the Aragón TV programme ‘Esta es mi tierra’. Two members of Servet, Enrique Torres (I3A – University of Zaragoza) and Nacho Ansó, were on the programme’s set to tell the details of the citizen science initiative.
Servet-V puts a whole infrastructure at citizens’ disposal so they can carry out experiments: balloons, helium, launch permits, insurance… Around 15 capsules will be launched, reaching 34,000 metres in altitude.
Interview on the programme ‘Esta es mi tierra’
Kike Torres explaining what the capsules are like
The experiments are varied, but Kike Torres gave two very curious examples, both made by schools. One of them consists of launching test tubes and seeing at what point of the ascent they freeze.
Another experiment would consist of seeing what differences there may be between a potato planted after having risen to the stratosphere and one planted in the usual way. Afterwards, the changes that might occur on germination will be analysed.
Here is the link to the full programme (Servet-V appears from minute 14)
Where? When?
Launch site: Almudévar Municipal Sports Hall (Av. Deportes, 21, 22270 Almudévar, Huesca).
Opening time for the public: 09:30.
Scheduled launch time: 11:00
The project, coordinated between the Ibercivis Foundation and the University of Zaragoza, has the support of Etopia Centre for Art and Technology, the CESAR Laboratories at Etopia, Almudévar Town Council and the Spanish Radio Amateurs Union, and is funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology – Ministry of Science and Innovation.