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In honor of St. Valentine, here\u2019s a far-reaching story about love. A man does something special and unique with wife\u2019s engagement ring by sending it out into space and tracking it.<\/p>\n

GPS tracking devices<\/a> have helped people track everything from packages and shipments to find potential thieves, to animals when using them for animal research and protection. The newest benefit to real-time tracking devices is to use them with objects sent to space. That is what Shawn Wright of Calgary decided to do.<\/p>\n

Shawn originally bought a starter engagement ring when he proposed to his now wife. He didn\u2019t have the money for a real ring, so he used an inexpensive one to propose to her on a romantic trip in Barcelona, Spain. She said yes, and wore the ring until he was able to purchase the ring he believed she deserved after a year of saving. However, he didn\u2019t just want to give her the new ring the old-fashioned way. He wanted to do something special with it.<\/p>\n

He decided he wanted to do something that would enchant the ring, which is how he came up with the idea of using a GPS tracking device<\/a>. It took quite a bit of planning in order to fashion a device that could make it into space, as well as a way to retrieve the ring. While he knew the entire time that there was the risk of losing the ring for good, he still pushed forward and did all the research he could muster. Finally it was time to send the ring off.<\/p>\n

Before he did, he attached a GPS tracking device and a GoPro so that he and his wife could watch its descent as it traveled all over. The ring and device was sent off in Calgary in October. The tracking device told him that the ring reached an altitude of 110,000 feet, landing about 300km away. He got an amateur radio license so he could use a radio GPS tracker to follow the ring and figure out where it was going in the world. He was keeping close track of the ring during the evenings and weekends, while still keeping the secret from his wife. He told The Weather Channel that he would tell her he was working late to not let the surprise slip.<\/p>\n

He was eventually able to track the ring down and retrieve it. He not only gave his wife a new ring, but one with an out-of-this-world story behind it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honor of St. Valentine, here\u2019s a far-reaching story about love. A man does something special and unique with wife\u2019s engagement ring by sending it out into space and tracking it. 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