New balloon designs using “spin-off” ULDB technologies are under development
to fly higher and heavier payloads. (See the LDB and ULDB sections below.)
For the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) the balloon is a typical
zero-pressure balloon but the “untypical” payload has shaken the theoretical and
experimental physics worlds with its observations of “peculiar” particles coming
from the ice below. See Section 8.1.2 for details.
The following are the ANITA I’s specifications (balloon sizes can vary):
Fig. 2.2 The ANITA prior to launch. Photo courtesy of NASA
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to fly higher and heavier payloads. (See the LDB and ULDB sections below.)
For the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) the balloon is a typical
zero-pressure balloon but the “untypical” payload has shaken the theoretical and
experimental physics worlds with its observations of “peculiar” particles coming
from the ice below. See Section 8.1.2 for details.
The following are the ANITA I’s specifications (balloon sizes can vary):
Fig. 2.2 The ANITA prior to launch. Photo courtesy of NASA
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