Paper Aircraft Released Into Space

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The PARIS (PaperAircraft Released Into Space) project is a privately-organised endeavourbeing undertaken by various staff members of the information technologyweb site The Register to design, build, test, and launch a lightweightaerospace vehicle, constructed mostly of paper and similar structuralmaterials, into the mid-stratosphere and recover it intact. Staffers atThe Register, lamenting the loss of British aerospace prestige, andinspired by the CU Spaceflight Nova 1 project, formally announced theirintention to initiate a project of their own on July 30, 2009.