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"        Jack White, White Stripe and owner of Third Man Records, has a long tradition of vinyl-related stunts. His newest: playing a record in the stratosphere.  Partnering with the non-profit group Students and Teachers in Near Space (SATINS), Third Man&amp;#039;s Kevin Carrico\u2014who does photography, video, CGI, and mechanical work for the label\u2014created the Icarus Craft. Carrico took a tip from the Voyager missions of the 1970s, which encased their vinyl record in gold. But Voyager could only take Carrico so far. Sending an actively moving record player that high up presented a very particular set of difficulties.  He explains on the YouTube page: &amp;quot;As you rise higher and higher into the thinning atmosphere, temperature and increasing vacuum (lack of air) can cause issues. Vinyl has a rather low melting point (160 degrees F), and without air to keep things cool, you could wind-up with a lump of melted plastic on your hands if a record is exposed to the sun for too long. Without air, things in direct sunlight can get very hot while things in shade can get very cold. This constant expansion and contraction can physically distort a vinyl record rendering it unplayable. so our turntable platter also served as a heat-sink in order to keep the vinyl cool in direct sunlight.&amp;quot;  Sensitive parts of a record player, like the stylus and phono cartridge, had to be built to withstand the constantly moving and harsh conditions as one gets higher and higher up in the atmosphere. Batteries, which become less effective as the temperature cools, also had to continuously operate. From conception to completion, the entire project took three years. The song they&amp;#039;re playing is &amp;quot;A Glorious Dawn,&amp;quot; a remix of Carl Sagan speaking created by composer John Boswell. Boswell had originally made the single in conjunction with other works for a project he calls &amp;quot;Symphony of Science,&amp;quot; Working in clips from Cosmos, Boswell uploaded a music video to YouTube in 2009, which began to go viral. It caught Jack White&amp;#039;s eye, and was eventually released by Third Man as a 7-inch in conjunction with Sagan&amp;#039;s 75th birthday.  In an interview from 2014, Carrico said that he&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;always been interested in the imaginative aspects of photography and film,&amp;quot; and The Icarus Craft certainly speaks to an unexpected form of film. Rather than edit it, the label simply put up the raw video and let it run for almost two hours. You can see its peak height, 94,413 feet, at 1:21:20.  Source: Engadget  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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