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César Saez veut faire flotter une banane géante dans le ciel du Texas, en 2008. [radio-canada.ca]
[Giant] Geostationary Banana Over Texas (en français, english y español)

So I don't know. Did he really get funding for this? Is this a hoax? This is the kind of silly project that could catch wildfire over the net and actual raise the $500K he's asking for, but something sounds fishy or... fruity.