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Did it say somewhere that they last 100 days? That number sounds familiar, but I couldn't find it just now when I went back to the site. I wonder how far the ba
by mtdewcmu 13y ago
Did it say somewhere that they last 100 days? That number sounds familiar, but I couldn't find it just now when I went back to the site. I wonder how far the balloons would travel during those 100 days. As you can tell from the video, they're going to spend most of their lives drifting over the ocean.
Edit: there are more details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5887330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5887330 Apparently they circle the Earth every 14 days.