Suppose I were to launch a weather balloon to determine wind direction.

I can buy a 16 foot diameter balloon for about $150, Fill it with helium for about $100, spray paint marking of "Let's Go Brandon" for about $5.

Any interested sponsors?

The democrats would likely charge you with making a terroristic threat and inducing public panic.

Keith

You cant go around fouling up government airspace.

How would the Dem's, or anyone else ever find out? It would only be told that something kinda roundish was shot down.

I did a preliminary internet search. I couldn't find a problem launching it from Minnesota.

If legal
Put my name somewhere visible on it and I'll help finance the experiment.

I'm serious .
Pm me if you try it.

What kind of info are we gathering

I don't wish to encourage any illegal endeavor.

At this point I still think it is legal. No names will go on the airship, so as not to detract from Brandon.

you should attach a small wifi weather station to it so you can really claim science

type up a paper about your experiment and then say your funding came from a guy who said he would pay for it is you wrote Let's Go Brandon on the side so , you took the sponsorship from Brandon and did Science.

Better yet, submit a grant proposal to the government for scientific weather research and have them provide the funding!

XI would give Biden the orders to shoot it down.

Biden would certainly consider it a threat if I were to attach a bicycle chain to the tether. (Remember the Corn Pop story)

Use the words "gun safety" and "climate change" in your proposal and it will be fast tracked to approval.

My understanding is that the US tracked the first balloon from the time it was being filled before release into the atmosphere until we shot it down.

Don't know if they are watching your back yard or not.

Not to mention a high paying gov. job if asked for a photo id wear multiple masks

Where can I buy a 16' balloon for $150?

150 bucks is an order of magnitude number for budget purposes. You can buy them for a lot less, and a lot more, mostly depending on material & thickness.

here is an example:
Scientific equipment

Here is a version of my prototype:

This would be fun, cut a 1x6 into the shape of an AR15 and paint it scary black and hang it from the balloon as well as the signature, "Lets Go Brandon" on the side.

Reeducation camps for all you malcontents. Lol

In order to be re-educated; you must first be educated. I ain't worried.