Science enthusiast Bobby Russell launched his Quest for Stars program last week by sending a helium-filled weather balloon about 107,000 feet up, to the edge of space. On board, Russell outfitted the styrofoam payload bay with cameras, GPS and a Motorola Droid smartphone set to take pictures every seven seconds during the trip. The liftoff was picture-perfect.
But the return to Earth wasn’t as smooth. The balloon blew off course and landed near the windmill farm outside of Palm Springs. The GPS locator placed it in an area near what Russell calls and “illegal operation.” He called police and a team of advanced hikers to retrieve Android-1 sometime later this week.
The Quest for Stars program is designed to inspire students to think about science and aviation. Russell hopes to get schools to send similar experiments to the edge of space for about $300-$500.
So what was the illegal operation if your going to use that in your “Headline” tell us what it was or tell the story dont bait us and leave that part of the story out!..