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7thpower01/20/20252 repliesview on HN

Please tell me there is a blog post or something documenting this experience. Sounds like a fun read.


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mavamaarten01/20/2025

I remember watching a video about a dude who was building a mothership-launched glide drone that could land using camera vision. The idea was something like "the highest egg drop" or something like that. He was speaking with academics about his idea, who quickly told him to stop whatever he was doing because that would effectively be a forbidden military device. Guided artillery, basically.

Sadly I don't remember who it was, it was a fun story. I thought it was maybe Mark Rober or Joe Barnard but I really can't find it anymore.

Edit: found it! It was launched from a weather balloon, and it was both Mark and Joe. https://youtu.be/BYVZh5kqaFg

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biofox01/20/2025

Afraid not. I don't have much of an online presence, so didn't think to write anything.

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