ivp wrote:
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100325/tuk-british-balloon-man-s-amazing-space-dba1618.html
>
> Funny, I was talking to someone only yesterday about realtors using
> balloons for property photos and we wondered how high you could
> get a tethered camera
>
> This free-floating one goes to 21 miles. The balloon expands to 22m
> and eventually pops. The camera parachutes back down and he tracks
> a transmitter to recover it. Sounds like a fun day out
>
> He says each 'mission' costs around UKP500, compared with 300
> million for a shuttle flight. A good rate if a photo is all you wanted,
> although even 500 sounds expensive. Surely the only expendable
> is the balloon and gas
>
> Not sure if I'd want it to inspire hundreds of similar school science
> projects though !!

I think I bumped into his site before (maybe even on the PICList):

http://www.robertharrison.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=78

I remember seeing the GPS track and the gus saying that the first (?) 
payload landed 500 m from the ocean.

Vitaliy 

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