How to send balloons into space (Wired UK)

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Canadian teenagers Asad Muhammad and Mathew Ho sent a Lego minifig 24,384 metres up (near-space) using a balloon. Ho explains how.

Keep it simple
"We used a box fixed to a parachute attached to a giant weather balloon," says Ho. Order the parachute from spherachutes.com and the balloon from kaymontballoons.com. The 350g model should be fine, but a bigger balloon will last longer in the air.

Be prepared...

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