{"id":39581,"date":"2019-06-27T21:18:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T15:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=39581"},"modified":"2019-06-27T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T15:48:07","slug":"false-claim-rain-cloud-generating-machine-developed-by-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-rain-cloud-generating-machine-developed-by-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"False claim: Rain cloud generating machine developed by NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Has the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) developed a &#8216;rain cloud generating machine&#8217;, which will create artificial clouds that lead to precipitation? A message which has been circulated on social media claims so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rain clouds generator engine developed by Nasa. See where the world is moving&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Amazing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Amazing<\/a>&#8230;! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShashiTharoor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShashiTharoor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7jFXpnq3vd\">pic.twitter.com\/7jFXpnq3vd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JayasreeVijayan (@JayasreeVijayan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayasreeVijayan\/status\/1143899344187211777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above tweet has been retweeted over 3500 times since it was posted on June 26. Among those who have quote-tweeted it includes actor Amitabh Bachchan, with the words, <em>&#8220;can we get one in India .. I mean right now .. RIGHT NOW .. PLEASE&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8230; can we get one in India .. I mean right now .. RIGHT NOW .. PLEASE !!\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pTRI8r4VsK\">https:\/\/t.co\/pTRI8r4VsK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SrBachchan\/status\/1143940209244958720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bachchan&#8217;s tweet has been &#8216;liked&#8217; over 22,000 times. The video accompanying the message shows white fumes in large quantity, emanating from a machine. The video has also been posted on Facebook with the identical claim- that it shows a cloud generating machine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CivilWork\/videos\/1897494576990174\/\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/CivilWork\/videos\/1897494576990174\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/CivilWork\/videos\/1897494576990174\/\">Artificial Cloud for Rain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artificial Cloud for Rain<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CivilWork\/\">Civil Work<\/a> on Sunday, April 1, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The above post is not recent- it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=1897494576990174&amp;id=301886633217651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> on April 1, 2018 and has been viewed a staggering 43 million times since then, with a share count of over 930,000! Alt News found that this claim goes back to 2016, when a video making the same claim was uploaded on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GIANT Weather Modification Cloud Machine From NASA BBC News\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G-z1dKIGxsQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>NO SUCH MACHINE DEVELOPED BY NASA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The claim that NASA has developed a &#8216;cloud generating machine&#8217; is outrightly false. Moreover, the video shared along with this false assertion represents the testing of a rocket by the space agency. It is an extract from a video report by <em>BBC<\/em> on its programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BIpeNs5OWbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Top Gear<\/em><\/a>, in 2010. The video is posted below. The footage can be viewed from 1:46 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Space Shuttle Rocket Booster Test | Speed | Top Gear\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BIpeNs5OWbo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NASA had uploaded a video on YouTube which showed the testing of<a href=\"https:\/\/images.nasa.gov\/details-SSC_2017-12-13%20-%20RS-25%20Engine%20Test.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> RS-25 rocket engine<\/a>, in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA Conducts Final RS-25 Rocket Engine Test of 2017\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_8xoyNfxJeI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An article written by a former research meteorologist at NASA, and published by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/marshallshepherd\/2018\/04\/09\/there-is-no-nasa-cloud-machine-the-real-explanation-of-that-viral-video\/#524c6b2713c7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em> Forbes<\/em><\/a> in April 2018, has given a detailed scientific explanation of the vapour formed by the testing of the rocket.<\/p>\n<p>It states, <em>&#8220;The exhaust from the RS-25 is primarily water vapor because the engine burns liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Oh&#8230;..guess what happens when they combine: You get H2O (also known as water). Therefore, the &#8220;clouds&#8221; that you see in the pictures or videos are a by-product of a very simple scientific process (see below). If the water vapor condenses, it actually may form drops large enough to fall as liquid or what appears as &#8220;rain.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/nasa1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/nasa1.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/nasa1-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/nasa1-550x520.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Insofar as creation of artificial clouds by NASA is concerned, it may be noted that the agency had conducted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/wallops\/2017\/nasa-sounding-rocket-will-release-early-morning-artificial-clouds0lighting-up-the-mid-atlantic-coast-may-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">experiment<\/a> in 2017 to create these clouds by launching a short-range rocket. Information about artificial clouds can be<a href=\"http:\/\/artificialclouds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It may be reiterated that the claim circulating on social media is false. The machine seen in the video is not a cloud generating machine, but a space rocket engine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) developed a &#8216;rain cloud generating machine&#8217;, which will create artificial clouds that lead to precipitation? A message which has been circulated on social media claims so. Rain clouds generator engine developed by Nasa. See where the world is moving&#8230;#Amazing&#8230;! @ShashiTharoor pic.twitter.com\/7jFXpnq3vd \u2014 JayasreeVijayan (@JayasreeVijayan) June 26, 2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":39596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[132],"class_list":["post-39581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/fi_cloud.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39581"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39619,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39581\/revisions\/39619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39581"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=39581"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=39581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}