Board Thread:Off-topic/@comment-26538714-20160124080349/@comment-26538714-20160125222636

"Or," Steel added, "I could just fly over. Using the spaceplane, I could get really low and fast."

Silicon considered some other options. "We could get a closer look that way, or we could always lower the orbit of the imaging satilite. But the problem there is drag. Closer to earth, there's atomic oxygen, which causes drag. And in order to get a really good image, we would need to get really close to the atmosphere. After that, we would need to perform an orbital boost to get back into a higher orbit."

"So we either send a group to investigate, fly over the area with the spaceplane, or lower the imaging satilite orbit. If we send a group, we could be detected. If we fly over it, there's a high chance we would also be detected unless we went higher. The satilite would require carefully timed burns. The one with the fewest question marks is sending a group, the fastest would be the flyover, and the safest would be the satilite." Chrome said.