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# Space Group Trolls President Trump from 90,000 Feet Above Earth

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by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Apr 14, 2017 1:17 PM UTC

by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Apr 14, 2017 1:17 PM UTC

President [Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/4709336/kevin-mccarthy-mom-comment/) latest [critics](http://time.com/4717683/donald-trump-tweets-robot-fire/) have taken to the stratosphere to get his attention.

The [Autonomous Space Agency Network](https://twitter.com/AltWASONPS) launched a weather balloon about 90,000 feet above the Earth with a pointed message for the president on a large printed card: “LOOK AT THAT, YOU SON OF A B-TCH.”

The “DIY space exploration” group used a homemade weather balloon to launch this tweet and capture it all with a camera on Wednesday. The purpose: to expand Trump’s focus on humanity’s home planet by @ing him with a perspective-shifting view of the world.

The appeal is a direct quote from the late Apollo 14 [NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell](http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=45), the sixth person to walk the moon. Intended as a wake-up call, it evokes his enlightening description of the sight:

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Technically speaking, the tweet — launched from Phoenix — did not actually reach outerspace, but this is the furthest any of Trump’s detractors have ever ventured.

ASAN sent the tweet out to support the [March for Science protest](http://time.com/4736798/march-science-nature-editorial/), a nonpartisan group calling for “science that upholds the common good,” taking place on Earth Day April 22.


> [](https://twitter.com/ASANspace/status/852266804625920000)

> [](https://twitter.com/AltWASONPS/status/852737624523407364)

> [](https://twitter.com/ASANspace/status/852343361658802176)


You can watch the tweet’s two-hour long journey below.

Trump recently signed a bill authorizing [NASA funding and Mars exploration](http://time.com/4708394/donald-trump-nasa-mars-exploration-bill/).

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