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Having seen the pictures now, I don't think it was a weather balloon because the envelope was transparent and the wrong shape. I think it may have been the gas bag for a lighter-than-air observation drone of some kind intended to be low-observability. That's just a guess but it definitely looked like a blimp of some weird sort.
Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 10/26/2012 09:26 pmHaving seen the pictures now, I don't think it was a weather balloon because the envelope was transparent and the wrong shape. I think it may have been the gas bag for a lighter-than-air observation drone of some kind intended to be low-observability. That's just a guess but it definitely looked like a blimp of some weird sort.To my eyes, the shape seems a natural setup to support a solar cell array between or above the two possibly-inflated "booms". I hope it is ours. - Ed kyle
Quote from: edkyle99 on 10/26/2012 10:01 pmQuote from: Ben the Space Brit on 10/26/2012 09:26 pmHaving seen the pictures now, I don't think it was a weather balloon because the envelope was transparent and the wrong shape. I think it may have been the gas bag for a lighter-than-air observation drone of some kind intended to be low-observability. That's just a guess but it definitely looked like a blimp of some weird sort.To my eyes, the shape seems a natural setup to support a solar cell array between or above the two possibly-inflated "booms". I hope it is ours. - Ed kylenow you did it, the gov will want it.