Potato launched into space

"A group of primary schoolchildren have launched a potato into space in a 'shuttle' made from of a two-litre plastic drink bottle.The "spacechip" – named Spudnik2 – was then tied to a helium weather balloon with a camera attached and launched from the local village car park in Devon.
They watched as it soared 17 miles up – reaching 90,000ft – before the balloon burst and the shuttle floated back down to earth on a parachute and landed 140 miles away in Hampshire."
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