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Pictures from the ground showed structures like solar panels. If anything, the panels would act as sails and slow the fall and impact into the water.
by xattt 4y ago
Pictures from the ground showed structures like solar panels. If anything, the panels would act as sails and slow the fall and impact into the water.
- cm2187 4y agoEven if they had the strength, it would rotate to minimize air resistance.
- sandworm101 4y agoIf it was built as a balloon, none of those panels have any structure to support significant wind loading (balloons above 40k feet feel zero appreciable wind). They would come apart like confetti a few seconds into free fall.