Gliderboy Reinvents Humble Weather Balloon with Flight Home (bloomberg.com) 27 points by kejaed 29d ago ↗ HN
[–] teruakohatu 27d ago ↗ The glider enables reused of $1,700 sensors, at a tenth of the cost.https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-06-16/22-year...
[–] franknord23 27d ago ↗ Meanwhile, most (all?) weather agencies don't even ask for sondes to be returned if you find one.So i guess the demand isn't immediate, but maybe this allows more pricey sensors to be carried.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadhttps://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-06-16/22-year...
So i guess the demand isn't immediate, but maybe this allows more pricey sensors to be carried.