Other surveillance devices that may be placed everywhere including inside toilet commodes. But it turns out that China, Britain, and the US had been boosting their spy balloon programs even before the skies were alive with Chinese balloons. First, they pulled the space shuttle program off the air. Space exploration is apparently back on the table. But let's face it - in 2023, we're way behind schedule if we want to reach the original Star Trek standards of circa 2266 AD, apar from the mobile phone/communicator.