Post ASMO40fnIeD4Di622C by pzmyers@octodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #ASMO40fnIeD4Di622C by pzmyers@octodon.social
       2023-02-04T21:52:31Z
       
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       Yay. We popped a balloon.https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/04/who-was-afraid-of-the-big-bad-balloon/
       
 (DIR) Post #ASMO45vZlOnwW6WCpM by WAHa_06x36@mastodon.social
       2023-02-04T22:14:48Z
       
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       @pzmyers The video looks like it was struck by a missile, but since I don't think there are any missiles around that can target a balloon, it looks like they targeted the payload and then shrapnel shredded the balloon. Which seems kind of counterproductive to figuring out what the payload actually was?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASMO46Q3w3Bu2emYLY by pstewart@mastodon.sandwich.net
       2023-02-04T22:46:03Z
       
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       @WAHa_06x36 @pzmyers You might be surprised. People can recover a lot of information from things like airline crashes and space shuttles that disintegrated on reentry. Something falling to the ground without having to deal with either large amounts of fuel or orbital velocities is going to come down *much* more gently than either of those scenarios.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASMO47BZ5RBkPz0UO8 by WAHa_06x36@mastodon.social
       2023-02-04T23:31:10Z
       
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       @pstewart @pzmyers It has been blown up by a missile first, though.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASMO47h7C8QRzplgZ6 by pstewart@mastodon.sandwich.net
       2023-02-05T00:08:36Z
       
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       @WAHa_06x36 @pzmyers Nah, the balloon was burst, but the footage shows the payload coming down in one piece, dragging the balloon fabric with it. It came through that unscathed (well, aside from the sudden stop at the end).
       
 (DIR) Post #ASMO48D1HVwjamhAIK by WAHa_06x36@mastodon.social
       2023-02-05T01:06:39Z
       
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       @pstewart My point was, the missile could not lock on to anything other than the payload, so it got hit hard by that missile. SOMETHING came down, but how much was left of it is the question.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASMO48tui2G1jolQ9Y by pstewart@mastodon.sandwich.net
       2023-02-05T01:15:50Z
       
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       @WAHa_06x36 Everything about that is not only wrong, but obviously wrong and maintained in its wrongness in the face of no shortage of evidence to the contrary. Have a nice evening.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASMO49NgvK4pEAhCZE by WAHa_06x36@mastodon.social
       2023-02-05T01:22:09Z
       
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       @pstewart The fuck?This isn't Twitter, dude. Please make the effort to have a discussion like a civilised adult.