Fair enough.

we have no budget

I'm just impressed to see every day folks trying to do experiments, learning the scientific method...

If you were to receive a budget though, do you suspect that some people would still not believe you regardless of your findings?

Aw that’s sweet... sorta

depends. If we can get some serious funding, we could bring some SMEs on board. hired as consultants. with solid pedigrees

I would start with high altitude balloon expts

lower barrier to entry

Indeed, it may be a loop of sort that as soon as any department receives funding, be it government or not, accusations of conflicts if interest may arise.

Ah, high altitude balloons

I know a thing or two about those, granted that project was never fully greenlit.

we could only hire people already retired from industry/academia

i.e. no risk to career

I'm going to do moon cooling experiments myself one day. that's easy enough. just the timing and weather conditions...

Well the thing about high altitude balloons is that unless you’re in some remote region and it’s unknown until after, you can’t just send up a balloon wantonly

Moon cooling?

have heard this for awhile. want to test myself.

that moonlight cools objects

You need permission from air traffic control, sometimes gov’t

so?

Very much true. FAA also get all over your case about it

people do it

all the time

no worries

With permission

Not high-altitude balloons though

Violation of FAA airspace could cause an accident

180k feet

At the very least, there would be extreme fines

doable

Why are you using still frames and not videos?

?

Cherry-picking frames

just making the point of altitude/balloons

please

your trolling is useless

I'm awake

ignoring

That’s not trolling