Weather Balloon Question
This was actually DONE, Google the "Corona" satellites. The first of the surveillance satellites, these used FILM and the sat would drop a film container, which, after re--entry, would deploy a parachute and "hopefully" be snagged out of mid- air by a specially equipped aircraft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(satellite)
This was actually DONE, Google the "Corona" satellites. The first of the surveillance satellites, these used FILM and the sat would drop a film container, which, after re--entry, would deploy a parachute and "hopefully" be snagged out of mid- air by a specially equipped aircraft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(satellite)