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- Its size - its (suspected) payload - a million is chump change in aeronautics. Even if it were a weather balloon, the sensors on it would be insane and wor
by sbaiddn 4y ago
- Its size
- its (suspected) payload
- a million is chump change in aeronautics.
Even if it were a weather balloon, the sensors on it would be insane and worth more than the missile. A spy satellite's sensors? Those lenses are filthy expensive.
Size matters, even just considering raw material costs. The fabric is not a cheap coarse cotton garment that would otherwise have become a pair of Levi's. Its full of Helium. On top of that the balloon's size makes it a difficult structural problem.