Sometimes the flight of engineering does not cease to amaze. We have already seen holograms of long-gone singers performing their hits, virtual reality helmets, demonstrating incredibly realistic worlds. Automakers even build special chambers with a simulation of weather conditions from the scorching sun of the desert to the snowy northern latitudes. But Japanese experts have taken a new look at something more ambitious: to create an artificial meteor shower, which at the same time will be absolutely safe for observers.
Ale company is responsible for such an ambitious idea. In 2019, a group of researchers plans to launch its own satellite into Earth orbit. It will be "charged" with special balls that will be thrown from the spacecraft. These balls are filled with a special substance that, when entering the atmosphere and interacting with it, begins to glow. Moreover, a different concentration of substances in the balls will allow to achieve different colors with the glow. According to representatives of the company Ale, from the surface of our planet the entry of balls into the atmosphere will look like a meteor shower.
This "light" show will be made in the sky over Hiroshima, but those who will be within a radius of 100 kilometers from this city will also be able to watch it. The process itself will be short: only 10 seconds. During artificial meteorite rain, the balls almost completely burn in the atmosphere and do not pose a danger to people. It is worth noting that the goal of the project is not to entertain the audience at all, but to conduct an experiment, in the case of which success it is planned to create a whole network of such satellites that could alert people in the event of an emergency or man-made disaster.
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