NASA’s Plan to Create Red and Blue-Green Clouds Has Been Postponed

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has developed plans to execute an experiment that will release artificial clouds into the sky, colored red and green.  On June 4, Sunday morning, these plans were postponed, relieving “chemtrail” conspiracy theorists.

Although not the first time that this experiment has been postponed, the window to launch the test has been passed as weather condition bear unfavorable for desirable results.  The original window frame to launch was from May 31 to June 6, but it now seems that the anticipated date is June 11.

            The procedure for the launch is all planned and structured.  Rhett Jones of Gizmodo explains the plan, writing, “The experiment requires specific weather conditions.  On the day of launch, a two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket will carry ten canisters that will be deployed about five minutes after liftoff.  The canisters will then create vividly colored artificial clouds aka vapor tracers.  NASA scientists will the visually track the subsequent particle motions to gain further understanding of the ionosphere.  The space agency has ground cameras at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and in Duck, North Carolina.  The sky must be clear at one of those locations for researchers to be able to father data properly.  Unfortunately, clouds interfered with the tests this morning, causing postponement of the launch.”

Certain that the mission poses no health hazards or dangers to civilians, the canisters would be released 100 miles above ground level.  The canisters contain “barium, strontium, and cupric-oxide,”—these chemicals, while not harmful, do not mean that the falling canisters are harmless.  Boats that were in the area during the anticipated launch were in threat’s way—when the objects would plummet back to the ground, there would have been a high chance for the boats to be damaged by the falling debris.

NASA views this postponement as an opportunity for improvement.  Assuming that the launch goes as planned and results go well, many will be able to view the launch at 4 PM on June 11.  Those on the East Coast from “New York to North Carolina,” will have an opportunity to watch the launch—others will only be able to view the experiment via livestream.  For that date to come, anticipate a beautiful, colorful sky.