For those of us of a certain age (old):

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/about/project-echo.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Echo

The Project Echo balloons were metalized to enhance reflectivity.

73,

Alan WA4SCA

From: Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 08:47 To: Pat Kilroy patkilroy1@gmail.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: BALLOON ALOFT

I wonder if it is "bounceable" to enable making contacts off it as is :-)

On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 12:47 AM Pat Kilroy via AMSAT-BB mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote: https://news.yahoo.com/chinese-spy-balloon-flying-montana-weather-what-to-kn...

IF THE PAYLOAD TRAIN is captured then, being an engineer and high-altitude balloon experimenter myself, i would volunteer to analyze it with a couple of my AMSAT & ARHAB buddies.

It looks like a ULDB balloon type, so toss in another buddy from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility too.

Thoughts?

Cheers,

Pat N8PK-FM19