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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 1 month 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

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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 1 month ago
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WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.
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  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    Well, now we KNOW it was aliens.

  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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    1 month ago

    The return of the weather balloons!

    • Powderhorn@beehaw.org
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      1 month ago

      The Weather Balloons Strike Back

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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!

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    1 month ago

    swamp gas is up next

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    1 month ago

    Like the one in Roswell?

  • 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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