{"id":11478,"date":"2015-10-07T08:06:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=11478"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:08:09","slug":"into-the-stratosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=11478","title":{"rendered":"Into the stratosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Into the Stratosphere\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfzlUIC1DNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Danny Bowman started launching homemade balloons in the desert when he was 15 years old. 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