...The NOAA Hurricane Hunters have been sold to private venture capital firm Kickass Planetary Adventures, according to an April 1 announcement.

In a press release, NOAA spokeswoman April Furst said:

“Kickass Planetary Adventures will offer commercial hurricane hunter flights that take thrill-seeking weather enthusiasts into the eye of a hurricane to see first-hand these incredible spectacles of nature. The money from the paying customers will finance these expensive flights, and the clients will replace the hurricane scientists who used to perform onboard data collection and write the subsequent research papers.”

“After each mission, the customers will be responsible for using AI to write the research papers that we used to have to pay hurricane scientists to write, generating huge cost savings,” Furst added. “After all, it’s so much cheaper to use artificial intelligence than actual human intelligence to do scientific research, with little drop-off in research quality.”...

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/thrill-seekers-heres-your-chance-at-the-ride-of-a-lifetime/