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On This Episode Antonio's experience at World View taught him that large stratospheric balloons could do interesting things but also that they tended to be too bulky and too expensive and took too long to fill with helium to make them useful for everyday flights. (Bloomberg) -- In 2017, Andrew Antonio found himself at the center of an ad campaign for the ages. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that the maker of high-altitude balloons World View Enterprises Inc. has been hired by restaurant chain KFC Corp., to carry a Zinger, which consists of a breaded chicken fillet topped with lettuce and mayonnaise, to the upper part of the atmosphere. Topics discussed include designing solar-powered animatronic KFC bucket, testing Zingers in thermal vacuum chambers to check their reaction to pressure and temperature extremes.

(Bloomberg) -- A New Kind of Surveillance Is Coming to U.S. Skies In a Balloon (1) The company's 16-day test flight started near the company's Tucson headquarters and spanned more than 3,000 miles over Nevada, Utah and southern Oregon, ending Monday in the Nevada desert. The company said it plans to extend its next test flight to 30 days, and then 60 days.Several satellite firms do offer similar data to a range of clients, from agriculture to meteorologists to hedge funds. [Extracted from the article]