The most confusing part of this series is when the $35,000 drone fails to connect to its controller, this being put down to strange electromagnetic phenomena. All being filmed by the camera crew's drone, in the sky, apparently completely immune to the same phenomenon...
Oh and the bit where they're trying to take a measurement at 5,000 feet in the air using failing balloons and home-made rockets that only reach 1,000 feet. I guess they totally forgot about the helicopter that flew the scientist in...