TV station sends camera into near space
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The entire payload—the balloon, lunchbox, cameras, rope, bobblehead, everything—had to weigh less than four pounds. Anything that weighs more is considered a hazard to airplanes and would have required us to file a flight plan with the Federal Aviation Administration. As a courtesy, we wrapped some pieces of poster board in foil, which would reflect radar beams and let planes and anyone else know it was there.
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