GOOOOOOOD MORNING EVERYONE! 
Getting off to a slow start. // econ numbers just dropped seemed in line-
Another strong data read on cruise line spending arrived on Tuesday with Bank of America releasing credit and debit card data for January.
Core monthly cruise spending during the key month soared 21% in comparison to the 2019 level. Thethree-year comparison lapped the very first indications of a pandemic, but is still two months ahead of the lockdown period in the U.S.
The strong cruise line spending growth in January compared to +9.0% in December, +18.6% in November and +4.9% in October. The firm also noted that total monthly BAC card spend on cruise including refunds in January also improved to +23.0% vs. January 2019 vs. +11.0% in December, +22.1% in November, and +5.8% in October.
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I've been working on how to take down Chinese balloons without firing a $680,000 sidewinder missal. There must be a drone UAV solution.
In my mind you fire a small thingy pierce the balloon and stay attached with a string and then descend. Pull the balloon down... There are reasons the Army will tell you that balloons are tough to bring down, in particular controlling their fall. But the way the gasses mingle a small hole will take quite a while to deflate one of these...
Back in 2015 a guy invented a drone with a laser that shot down small balloons. We need to explore lazers further we could maybe do this from the ground.
There Is A Better way.
Could the Balloon Be Captured?
Asked if the U.S. military could somehow capture the balloon to avoid an uncontrolled crash, Grant commented: "Back in Vietnam days, they did use helicopters and cargo planes to sort of fling reconnaissance drones and return them so they could get the film, so it's not so far-fetched; it's just been a while since we did anything like that. I'm sure the U.S. military could create a controlled crash of this balloon if the president asked them to."
Getting off to a slow start. // econ numbers just dropped seemed in line-
Another strong data read on cruise line spending arrived on Tuesday with Bank of America releasing credit and debit card data for January.
Core monthly cruise spending during the key month soared 21% in comparison to the 2019 level. Thethree-year comparison lapped the very first indications of a pandemic, but is still two months ahead of the lockdown period in the U.S.
The strong cruise line spending growth in January compared to +9.0% in December, +18.6% in November and +4.9% in October. The firm also noted that total monthly BAC card spend on cruise including refunds in January also improved to +23.0% vs. January 2019 vs. +11.0% in December, +22.1% in November, and +5.8% in October.
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I've been working on how to take down Chinese balloons without firing a $680,000 sidewinder missal. There must be a drone UAV solution.
In my mind you fire a small thingy pierce the balloon and stay attached with a string and then descend. Pull the balloon down... There are reasons the Army will tell you that balloons are tough to bring down, in particular controlling their fall. But the way the gasses mingle a small hole will take quite a while to deflate one of these...
Back in 2015 a guy invented a drone with a laser that shot down small balloons. We need to explore lazers further we could maybe do this from the ground.
There Is A Better way.
Could the Balloon Be Captured?
Asked if the U.S. military could somehow capture the balloon to avoid an uncontrolled crash, Grant commented: "Back in Vietnam days, they did use helicopters and cargo planes to sort of fling reconnaissance drones and return them so they could get the film, so it's not so far-fetched; it's just been a while since we did anything like that. I'm sure the U.S. military could create a controlled crash of this balloon if the president asked them to."