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What information could the balloon collect that satellite or cars on the ground not collect? Air samples?
by rationalist 4y ago
What information could the balloon collect that satellite or cars on the ground not collect? Air samples?
- Vecr 4y agoPossibly an Operation Sea-Spray[0] like biological weapons test? Not sure how they would do it exactly, but possibly some sort of stimulant in the form of an extremely fine powder. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea-Spray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea-Spray
- Idk__Throwaway 4y agoIm almost certain that they would have heavily tested and analyzed the balloon and its payload as soon as it got near the US to ensure that there were no unusual emmisions coming from it.
- mysterydip 4y agoSomeone in another thread said "I think the purpose for sending the balloon was primarily to analyze the radar and RF environment on approach to U.S. airspace.", which would be something dependent on reference point and not able to be done from satellite or cars.
- mushbino 4y agoThey could much more easily do that with an actual commercial aircraft.