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Reading this article, it seems to me that the only evidence we have of a launch is one guy telling us he did it, and... neglected to do any sort of measurement
by shaldengeki 4y ago
Reading this article, it seems to me that the only evidence we have of a launch is one guy telling us he did it, and... neglected to do any sort of measurement / recording? The whole thing is suspiciously light on any sort of confirm-able details:
> He says they occurred in April somewhere in the state of Baja California, months before Make Sunsets was incorporated in October.
> But it’s not clear whether that happened, where the balloons ended up, or what impact the particles had, because there was no monitoring equipment on board the balloons. Iseman also acknowledges that they did not seek any approvals from government authorities or scientific agencies, in Mexico or elsewhere, before the first two launches.
And now this article is linked on the company's front page as a "feature":
https://makesunsets.com/ https://makesunsets.com/
Given the obvious incentives to lie or exaggerate here, until some actual evidence turns up, I'm going to assume this is just a guy lying to draw attention to his startup.
- AbrahamParangi 4y agoNotably it’s both substantially easier and less criminal to lie about it than to actually do it.