Recently, Oregon State University launched Firefox One, a weather balloon with a camera and Firefox banner attached. Apparently, it went up to 100,000 feet and took pictures of Firefox from the edge of space.
What the article doesn't say is that once it reached 100,000 feet, it burst and came back down again. Furthermore, it wasn't equipped with a working GPS transponder, and they haven't found it yet. So if any geeks in the Western United States have some spare time, they might consider using it to drive around their locality looking for a large white parachute-like thing draped over a tree...
Posted by gerv at October 25, 2005 11:52 AMDon't you mean Oregon State? I sure don't remember us launching a large balloon...
Posted by: Lingo at October 25, 2005 2:10 PMLingo: Isn't Oregon State University also known as OSU? Still, I've clarified the post.
Posted by: Gerv at October 25, 2005 5:14 PM