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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 1 day ago

It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon

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It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon

arstechnica.com

ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 1 day ago
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WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.
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  • Jul (they/she)@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    Sucks that the US shut down much of it’s more modern weather infrastructure via the DOGE initiative so these kinds of things are necessary. Can’t let modern weather radars and satellites prove climate change.

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    Hilarious that Scott Manley was one of the first to figure it out.

    • Powderhorn@beehaw.org
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      Fly safe!

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    Well, now we KNOW it was aliens.

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    18 hours ago

    swamp gas is up next

  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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    The return of the weather balloons!

    • Powderhorn@beehaw.org
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      19 hours ago

      The Weather Balloons Strike Back

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    Like the one in Roswell?

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