Solar Heliotrope Auto Rising Contraption - Balloons with the Power of the Sun
One of the only projects in the entire Southeast of the US working on Heliotrope HABs (High Altitude
Balloons), SHARC is the project focused on engineering balloons and payloads that can fly better,
higher, and carry more from solar thermal energy. We focus on materials research and construction
for Heliotrope balloon types, engineer payloads for scientific missions and data collection, and
actively plan to work towards making Heliotrope flights more common for HAB flights through flight
prediction software and launch logistics.
