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Special balloons and fixed-wing aircraft can act as long-endurance aerial platforms for observation and communication. Known as high-altitude platform stations/systems (HAPS), they fly above most planes but below satellites. Weather, scientific and military balloons are similar; they also ascend to great heights but do not necessarily stay there for a long time. by Dr David Maddison
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Not since a balloon crashed in Roswell, New Mexico have inflatable unmanned craft so dominated the American discourse. Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg sum up what we learned this week