Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Commanded by whom, from where ?
Are you suggesting that the balloon is being controlled remotely from Beijing ?
Or that the entire mission is being performed autonomously, presumably to follow a pre-defined track (otherwise there wouldn't be any point in having a manoeuvring capability) ?
Occam's Razor says it's going where the wind has blown it.
Considering we have the capability to control a drone - up to and including firing deadly weapons - from the other side of the world, is it really such a stretch that they could be controlling a balloon?
Besides, they'd want some sort of downlink for the acquired data.