For all those thinking this thing got shot down, please explain to me who shot it down, and why.
If it was the Americans, why did they let it fly over the western US and then shoot it down as it left US territory.
If it was the Canadiens, why did they let it fly over eastern Canada, depart unmolested, then fly over part of western Canada unmolested, and then shoot it down either just before or just after it entered Canadian airspace for the third time.
Too bad it didn't make it all the way home, but one heck of a trip for a low cost experiment. Maybe one of these days one of them will make it around the world twice.