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Google hopes to deploy at least 100,000 balloons which offer Internet access in remote locations around the world, and hope to retrieve them once they deflate.<ref name="techtimes">[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/22161/20141215/google-project-loon-teams-french-space-agency-develop-next-generation.htm Google partners with French space agency for Project Loon], Techtimes.com. Retrieved 17th December 2014. Updated 2016 April 20.</ref>
Google hopes to deploy at least 100,000 balloons which offer Internet access in remote locations around the world, and hope to retrieve them once they deflate.<ref name="techtimes">[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/22161/20141215/google-project-loon-teams-french-space-agency-develop-next-generation.htm Google partners with French space agency for Project Loon], Techtimes.com. Retrieved 17th December 2014. Updated 2016 April 20.</ref>
Regarding the likelihood of wireless internet via Project Loon, Google X Project Director Mike Cassidy said, "We've definitely crossed the point where there's a greater than 50 percent chance that this will happen."<ref name="wired">[http://www.wired.com/2014/06/google-balloons-year-later/ Google's Balloon Internet Experiment, One Year Later], Wired.com. Published 2014 June 16. Retrieved 2016 April 20.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Project Loon was first conceived by [[Google X]], the division of the company that is dedicated to "moon shots", which are projects that considered ahead of their time. These projects may not have immediate impacts but have a high potential for future payouts.<ref name="techtimes"></ref>
Project Loon was first conceived by [[Google X]], the division of the company that is dedicated to "moon shots", which are projects that considered ahead of their time. These projects may not have immediate impacts but have a high potential for future payouts.<ref name="techtimes"></ref> The existence of the project was officially announced in June 2013.<ref name="wired"></ref>
On the 15th December 2014, it was announced that the French Space Agency, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNES CNES], had formed a partnership with Google on Project Loon.<ref name="techtimes"></ref>
On the 15th December 2014, it was announced that the French Space Agency, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNES CNES], had formed a partnership with Google on Project Loon.<ref name="techtimes"></ref>
Though Google initially believed that partnerships with telecommunications companies would be one of their biggest challenges, they have learned through the process that the opposite is the case. Because they're working through existing mobile data networks, Project Director Mike Cassidy says, "Every telco wants to partner with us."<ref name="wired"></ref>
==Technology==
==Technology==