would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon? Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon?
# 8078 bypanamabob@... on June 7, 2006, 2:20 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
attaining orbit yes, in the sense of needing to go 15,000+ mph, but to reach
the edge of space?
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Subject: RE: [spacesettlers] would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon?
> > From: panamabob@...
> > 140,000 feet edge of space base?
>
> Though this is a completely impractical method of attaining orbit, it
should
> be noted that a balloon at 40km with sufficient endurance could do many of
> the jobs of a satellite, at significantly lower cost. The Predator UAV
does
> the same job as a recon sat after all, and it flies much lower than that.
:P
>
> John
>
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