Bye bye Space Elevator

so we agree they can carry substantial payload at reasonable altitudes?

neat stuff out there among heavy lifters and such... too bad Europeans went BK on there recent attempt to get one started...

From: Robert
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:37 AM
Subject: [spacesettlers] Re: Bye bye Space Elevator

i have done a little bit of research since i first posted.

the first ones did not carry much, mostly grandes and bombs with a 10
second fuse. they were not built to go higher since they were our of
range of the enemys guns and they did not have contact fuses. they
could not survive 25000 feet. if the balloons did not rupture, the
ppl would have a lot of trouble breathing.

later ones. could carry a lot more, and had to worry about planes
carrying guns. they also had contact fuses so they could be dropped
from any altitude.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> so they are carrying tons?
>
> :-))
>
> or hardly any payload worth mentioning...grenade size bombs?
>
> which is it?