PASTAFALL TERMINATION SHOCK ROCKS NEW JERSEY

 A plague of pasta descending on the Iresick Brook valley has triggered debate about whence the alien noodles came, and why they fell at the gates of Rutgers University, where Distinguished Professor Dr. Alan Robock ☮, Reviews of Geophysics Editor, AGU College of Fellows Chair and noted leader of the Pastafarian  nuclear winter resistance analyzes the hazards of unauthorized geoengineering experiments, recently noting that:

‘‘The fall of collapsed balloons might be an annoying form of trash rain...

the balloon popping in the CBS show showed that scraps of the balloon went flying, so that they did not retrieve all the parts of the balloon...  

the latex balloons they launched in SF were biodegradable, but I don't think they degrade fast enough to make them safe"

PASTAFARIC PRECIPITATION NEAR RUTGERS

Rutgers gained national attention in 1939, when pastafaric cloud formations were reported in nearby Grover's Mills, New Jersey.

Now environmental concern has ballooned along with  elastomeric pasta fallout along the famed Jersey migratory rubber chicken flyway, refocusing the climate communication efforts of Dr. Robock's colleague Andrew Lockley, who added:

Apr 24, 2023, 2:41:54 PM 

to Alan Robock, Geoengineering

BIODEGRADABLE SATANIC FLAPNOODLE 

This trash problem is why SATAN [ stratospheric aerosol transport and nucleation] used pumps / valves to evacuate the balloon. The limited flow rate available means that this method doesn't work unless they're set to ascend very slowly... A sacrificial carrier balloon can be used to launch SATAN, so that it can remain in position for several hours - but the lift canopy is itself a source of trash. 

The only potential way envisaged to have a fast rising and trash-free balloon is to use a canopy which is vented by means of a tie or clip that opens a very large hole - akin to the air dancer figures used to advertise businesses. 

This is because it's challenging to do this with a latex balloon - they rise fast, have low internal pressure, and are large in volume with a small hole. A custom made PU canopy can be used to make a lightweight air dancer tube - but it's expensive.

Finally, a totally different approach is to use a hot air balloon (rozière type), which simultaneously addresses the issue of lift gas leakage. This may be promising, but is complex and expensive to test. Heat loss from the envelope likely precludes the use of smaller balloons, making even early testing very expensive.