Most people watched the eclipse. Anil wanted to chase one from the edge of the sky.
He's the kind of person who assembled his own telescope, a "backpack observatory" he could haul out to darker skies, taught himself astronomy night after night, and once nearly discovered an asteroid on his own. No aerospace degree. No institution behind him. Just years of quietly getting good at things nobody asked him to learn.
From the outside, the Sunset Shadow Mission looks like any other high-altitude balloon flight: a capsule, a camera, a launch.
From the inside, it's various filaments, countless redesigns, and one maker who spent months refusing to let a single part go wrong.
For us, this was never only about a single flight. It was about betting on the people who care too much to stop, and making sure that care gets seen, whatever the sky decides.
Let's Make It Fund exists for people like him.
Thanks to Anil Monnier, Anthony Salsi, and the team who chased the sky with us.
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