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@NyahKaileeee
November 11, 2024 at 6:31 am
When you realize that cats can do everything better than you. Even be funny????
@slamfreepoetry1845
November 11, 2024 at 6:57 am
Gee, i thought Satellites were real. ???? Oh, not so much
17,000mph????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
@ShakespeareCafe
November 11, 2024 at 7:01 am
Except there’s shortage of helium because it is only extracted from new oil wells which we are not finding too many anymore
@Bigrignohio
November 11, 2024 at 7:11 am
The helium used here is not lost. In terms of usage, this is quite minimal. The daily use of helium for toy balloons in a single US state is probably more than one of these.
@joshpotts7640
November 11, 2024 at 8:20 am
@@BigrignohioWell, when you’re comparing it to such extremes as All the party balloons in an entire state, not sure anyone could disagree.
@Bigrignohio
November 11, 2024 at 8:51 am
@@joshpotts7640 One of 50 states in one day of the 365 in a year. Just pointing out the amount disposed in one day through such frivolous use is less than the NON disposable use here.
@ShakespeareCafe
November 11, 2024 at 11:53 am
@@Bigrignohio Graham’s law states that the rate of diffusion or of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its molecular weight. He is 2nd smallest atom. Hence it leaks readily
@Bigrignohio
November 11, 2024 at 12:12 pm
@@ShakespeareCafe Yes, which is why there was a LOT of research in developing ways to prevent that leakage. That’s like saying “water leaks through a sieve, therefore you can do nothing to contain it”.
@Wolf-xq5hp
November 11, 2024 at 7:08 am
this looks like a ad
@outlawbillionairez9780
November 11, 2024 at 7:20 am
Chinese spy balloon
@narutofanz4
November 11, 2024 at 7:45 am
Very cool, I wonder if the material used makes it a big antenna
@Premier-Media-Group
November 11, 2024 at 8:13 am
What would I do?
Rename the company.
@billbarrett4275
November 11, 2024 at 9:16 am
Elon Musk already has Sky Link! WTF?
@jefferyfigueroa7893
November 11, 2024 at 9:21 am
So giving the government another way to watch us like they really needed one
@JimmyOKennedy
November 11, 2024 at 10:07 am
If it was practical, they should instead use it to tender for providing internet broadband to rural USA customers.