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I wonder what kind of permissions they had to obtain in order to do that? Surely they'd need to worry about air traffic and the chance of it landing on someone

I wonder what kind of permissions they had to obtain in order to do that? Surely they'd need to worry about air traffic and the chance of it landing on someone or someone else's property (however unlikely). Or maybe they went to some privately owned bit of desert to do it? I wonder how much that costs? Also - it kind of reminds me of a geek-version of the "bow and arrow" game from the film "Grown Ups"...

ars 15y ago
No permission is required, they just need to notify their local FAA facility of the launch. They need to stay away from airports and populated areas, also launch during the day and when there isn't cloud cover that would hide the balloon. See here: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div5&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.15&idno=14#14:2.0.1.3.15.4 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn...