“SD1045 is battling 50 foot waves and winds of over 120 mph to collect critical scientific data and, in the process, is giving us a completely new view of one of earth’s most destructive forces.”
A sailboat with no crew drove into a category 4 hurricane and kept sending data. Hurricane hunter planes fly through the storm. This thing sits on the water where the storm gets its energy. The goal is better forecasts of rapid intensification, the thing that catches coastal towns off guard. Nobody has to risk their life collecting the data.