Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Mission #41: the debrief

Pilots
8,950
Average
2,780 m
6,000 m+
1%

Heaviest ballastName a US state capital that isn't its state's largest city. 70% stayed low or missed.

Most liftName a country that borders Austria or Czechia (not those two).

Every accepted answer

1. Name a country with more than 100 million people.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Vietnam

Updraft (600 m): Ethiopia, Philippines, Egypt, DR Congo

Drifter (300 m): Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico, Japan

Ballast (100 m): China, India, United States

2. Name a US state capital that isn't its state's largest city.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Pierre

Jet Stream (850 m): Bismarck, Helena, Columbia, Lansing, Topeka, Baton Rouge, Juneau, Lincoln

Updraft (600 m): Raleigh, Richmond, Annapolis, Dover, Montpelier, Augusta, Jefferson City, Frankfort, Hartford, Madison, Concord, Montgomery

Drifter (300 m): Springfield, Harrisburg, Carson City, Olympia, Salem, Trenton, Santa Fe, Saint Paul

Ballast (100 m): Sacramento, Albany, Austin, Tallahassee

3. Name an African Commonwealth member whose flag has green on it.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Mauritius, Seychelles

Jet Stream (850 m): Namibia, Gambia, Gabon, Lesotho

Updraft (600 m): Zambia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo

Drifter (300 m): Tanzania, Ghana, Mozambique, Cameroon, Malawi

Ballast (100 m): Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

4. Name a country or territory in Oceania with fewer than 2 million people.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Palau, American Samoa

Jet Stream (850 m): Tonga, Marshall Islands, Guam, New Caledonia, French Polynesia

Updraft (600 m): Kiribati, Micronesia

Drifter (300 m): Vanuatu, Samoa

Decoy (150 m): Nauru, Tuvalu

Ballast (100 m): Fiji, Solomon Islands

5. Name a country in Europe with five or more land neighbours.

Edge of Space (1000 m): North Macedonia, Montenegro

Jet Stream (850 m): Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia

Updraft (600 m): Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Belarus

Drifter (300 m): Italy, Ukraine, Poland, Austria

Ballast (100 m): Russia, Germany, France

6. Name a South American country entirely south of the Equator.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Paraguay

Updraft (600 m): Uruguay

Drifter (300 m): Peru, Bolivia

Ballast (100 m): Argentina, Chile

7. Name a country that borders Austria or Czechia (not those two).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Slovenia

Jet Stream (850 m): Hungary, Slovakia

Updraft (600 m): Switzerland

Drifter (300 m): Italy, Poland

Decoy (150 m): Liechtenstein

Ballast (100 m): Germany

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