Nah, the supreme powers are unimaginably efficient, I guess?
Lol you're totally right. The thing is, There's a misunderstanding of what 'research' is. These days, research seems to be 'googling', and not actually doing things yourself. So rather than even considering finding something out with your own camera equipment or 100 ships or a weather balloon, they just google 'weather balloon fake' and that's sufficient research.
It's the world we live in, unfortunately.