Ruben J=F6nsson wrote:
> > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100325/tuk-british-balloon-man-s-amazing-s=
pace-db
> > a1618.html
>
> > 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
>

>What's stopping it from ending up in the ocean?

Isn't the chance at landing in the water a lot bigger than landing on land =

when
launching from anywhere in England?<

Apparently it rises fast enough to pop before reaching the ocean.

Vitaliy =


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