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That's speculation on your part. The DoD has not released any information on what the payload of any of these balloons contains. And going by the size isn't co
by rgbrenner 4y ago
That's speculation on your part. The DoD has not released any information on what the payload of any of these balloons contains.
And going by the size isn't conclusive. The ICESat-2 weather satellite is over 3000lbs, for example. So instruments larger than found on a typical weather balloon clearly do have their place in weather/climate science.
- BobbyJo 4y ago> That's speculation on your part. The DoD has not released any information on what the payload of any of these balloons contains. Not true: https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-balloon-carried-antennas-other-equipment-to-gather-intelligence-u-s-says-11675953033 https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-balloon-carried-antenna...
- rgbrenner 4y agoThank you. I missed this somehow.
- throwawaymaths 4y agoNot that it's necessarily indictatory, but this balloon had a payload the size of a small jet. By my understanding (I could be wrong) that's very uncommon for a weather balloon.
- toomuchtodo 4y agohttps://archive.is/oORem https://archive.is/oORem