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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 9 days 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 · 9 days ago
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WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.
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  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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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!

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    Well, now we KNOW it was aliens.

  • 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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    The return of the weather balloons!

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      The Weather Balloons Strike Back

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    Like the one in Roswell?

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    swamp gas is up next

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