Balloon Finder

Hi, this is a collaborative website for finding all of the balloons for the DARPA Balloon challenge. There is a prize of $40,000 for the first team to find all of the balloons. This idea sounded like an awesome mix of scavenger hunt and Internet usage. If we win, we will equally split the $40,000 amongst the first person to post an accurate location for a given balloon and the team's administrators. Our team name is SuperFunHappy Balloons.

Please join the wiki and feel free to edit in a constructive manner. Also, discuss in the discussion section and join the google group to be kept abreast of what is going on. SuperFunHappy Ballons Google Group

• Event Announced (Oct. 29, 2009)
• Registration Opens (Dec. 1, 2009)
• Balloons Launched (Dec. 5, 2009)
• Submission Deadline (Dec. 14, 2009)

• 10 Red 'weather balloons'
• Continental US Only
• Need GPS Location in DDD-MM-SS format

• Report a Found Balloon

Feel free to discuss balloon finding on the wiki. Please create an account to post.

• General Discussion
• Strategies
• SuperFunHappy Ballons Google Group

Probably the best way to find the balloons is to have a distributed set of road trips.

• Set up a roadtrip
• Join a Roadtrip (by state)

• Darpa Official Rules Website
• Network World Article
• Huffington Post Article

• Cupcake Team
• Balloons for Peace
• Red Balloons