Here the camera looks back at us one last time, through its tiny hole in the side of the capsule. Within moments it was out of view, off on a journey to the edge of space.
What did it see, peering down through the unforgiving cold? Did the abyss above give it pause? Did the fragility of the harbor below it really offer solace when faced with the awful reality of the universe?
Perhaps it never fell to earth at all. Perhaps now, instead of hanging high in a tree amongst the green pines of Virginia, or standing silently in a lonely field, or even sailing solemnly out to sea, perhaps it floats above us still. To confront so great a challenge as the heavens! Ah! This is the place for one so bold as Balloon 1! We may meet again, friend, when the abyss comes for us as well. We may meet again.
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