Giant Surveillance Balloons Are Lurking at the Edge of Space
Giant Surveillance Balloons Are Lurking at the Edge of Space
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
December 31, 20198m 48s
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Show Notes
It’s a brisk December morning at Spaceport Tucson, America’s premiere (only?) dedicated launch pad for stratospheric balloons, and a small army of technicians in reflective vests is milling around on the concrete and dethawing after a long, cold night. Nearby, a white metal tripod the size of a smart car is tethered to two dozen solar panels and hundreds of feet of clear plastic that stretches across the pad.
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