Do I read this right? Basically you are saying free hardware if you can find it? Or do they get tracked and retrieved?
This brings up another question. Once the balloon is released does it become ownerless? Like a ship abandoned at sea, it can then be claimed by anyone?
FWIW ascent
I have been inspired, here is my offering:
Lofted up into thin air
Sending data from everywhere
With the duty fulfilled and true
It went on flying but not right to you
You followed it with rf gear
It laid upon the field so clear
With the prize bragged about over beer