To Bladeslap  

You asked, "How is that different than a spy satellite?"

Are you sure you fly A/C, maybe you should go back and read the FARs.  That ballon is even in violation of international law.

Well, the data collected may or may not be different, bit the location it is collecting data from, sure is.  Space is not against the law, but our airspace is!  

So now, we knowingly accept intrusion illegally into our airspace and will do zip about it.  The rest of the world now knows Biden does not even have the balls to protect our national security, let alone our allies.  Are we now just a 3rd world nation, waiting for China to execute its will on us.

Biden has become a major disappointment, the worst President of all time.  Are you sure this nation can even last two more years.