[net.space] space balloons and oxygen glow

Hank.Walker@CMU-CS-VLSI.ARPA (02/09/84)

Using balloons as radar reflectors is not a stupid idea.  It is an old
idea that's worked before.  Remember Echo?

The main proponent of the oxygen glow off the shuttle ruining the UV
telescope experiments is the experimenter.  Lots of other people think
that he just overexposed.  Other experiments weren't affected.