http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2013/02/26/launching-101-first-weather-balloons-then-rockets/?src=fromthefield-rss NASA scientists are in the field and write home to tell about it. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2013/02/26/launching-101-first-weather-balloons-then-rockets/comment-page-1/#comment-29110 Richard Swann Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:06:44 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4984#comment-29110 If I remember correctly, that area of the California coastline is the most windy bad weather zone. Seems like a funny place to put a missile launch pad. Not a lot of neighbors nearby, I guess. Glad you covered the ‘ballon shop’, I was thinking that balloons are kind of archaic, but I can see now that they are the best wind indicators.

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