
Ep. 604: Balloon Astronomy
Astronomy Cast
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A Space Telescope and a Balloon?
Weather balloons are subjected to the jet stream, so and all the high altitude whence. And so early on, they're like goringing to launch. Humans figure this stuff out. This is part of how we tested early spacesuits. Eventually we just starte launching the balloons by themselves,. although controlling them still continues to be a problem.
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