LightningRodofH8 t1_j77q6k8 wrote on February 4, 2023 at 6:42 PM

Reply to comment by thecasterkid in How could a high-altitude surveillance balloon be captured? by aggasalk

Balloons aren't precise enough to try to capture something at 65k feet.

They control their direction via wind currents.

LightningRodofH8 t1_j77oq96 wrote on February 4, 2023 at 6:32 PM

Reply to comment by CompetitiveYou2034 in How could a high-altitude surveillance balloon be captured? by aggasalk

I heard the balloon is carrying 1000lb of equipment.

A film canister on a parachute is a long ways away from that.

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/china-balloon-many-questions-about-suspected-spy-in-the-sky

>One official said the sensor package the balloon is carrying weighs as much as 1,000 pounds. The balloon is large enough and high enough in the air that the potential debris field could stretch for miles, with no control over where it would eventually land.

LightningRodofH8 t1_itr8qei wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:40 PM

Reply to comment by yourSAS in NASA announces its unidentified aerial phenomena - A 16-people team — including an astronaut, a space-treaty drafter, a boxer, and several astrobiologists — will soon begin its review of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) for NASA research team to examine mysterious sightings. by yourSAS

I think it's safe to assume NASA included her for her Astrophysics and Data Science background.

From the linked article:

>Astrophysicist, data scientist, and boxer Federica Bianco, focuses on using data science to study the universe. Bianco is a joint professor at the University of Delaware, is the principal investigator of Federica Astrostatistics Lab (FASTLab), and coordinates more than 1,500 scientists for the 2023 Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Science Collaboration to discover new galaxies and stars in the southern sky. Bianco is also a boxer who goes by the title “The Mad Scientist.”

LightningRodofH8 t1_itr88hw wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:37 PM

Reply to comment by Gagarin1961 in NASA announces its unidentified aerial phenomena - A 16-people team — including an astronaut, a space-treaty drafter, a boxer, and several astrobiologists — will soon begin its review of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) for NASA research team to examine mysterious sightings. by yourSAS

>Not to mention, unidentified threats to national security wouldn’t be handled by fucking NASA.

They're not. If they find something that they believe requires further national security investigation, it would be handed off to the appropriate authorities.

LightningRodofH8 t1_itr7ula wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:34 PM

Reply to NASA announces its unidentified aerial phenomena - A 16-people team — including an astronaut, a space-treaty drafter, a boxer, and several astrobiologists — will soon begin its review of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) for NASA research team to examine mysterious sightings. by yourSAS

Here is an official list:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-announces-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-study-team-members/

From the originally linked article:

Astrophysicist, data scientist, and boxer Federica Bianco, focuses on using data science to study the universe. Bianco is a joint professor at the University of Delaware, is the principal investigator of Federica Astrostatistics Lab (FASTLab), and coordinates more than 1,500 scientists for the 2023 Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Science Collaboration to discover new galaxies and stars in the southern sky. Bianco is also a boxer who goes by the title “The Mad Scientist.”