Big Balloons

harnesses and ankle straps...wow doesnt that sound like fun

:-))

again cheaper way to experience "weightlessness"is in a water buoyancy condition... that I've tried, I haven't heard of any doing the zero g thing...

only see the dark of space at noon? well, Tito and others claim the greatest memorization was looking down on the planet, not so much looking out to the stars... at least that's what they said, but maybe they never went, it was all filmed in a movie set in Russia.

:-))

From: Robert
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:51 AM
Subject: [spacesettlers] Re: Big Balloons

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>

> perhaps I'm not to imaginative but what are the mechanics of such?
unless one has a VERY large area, it would seem that wild gyrations
would potentially be either leading to crashing into bulkheads or
straining muscularity.
>
simple you connect your ankles by strap to one side and you have a
harness on that is connected to the other side. you float in between
and since your harness is connected to each other you can float, and
bounce around all you want.
>
> orbit orbit?? who EVER said this gizmo was in orbit, a free
falling condition that makes one feel like in zero g, which is an
illusion... get neutral buoyancy in an under water tank and you can
experience the floating sensation real real inexpensively...and yes
even try your lovemaking contortions a lot more practically with the
water providing some mitigation from unproductive muscular
expenditures ...
>
your passangers would be no more in zero g than they are standing on
the earth. in orbit, they would be falling around the earth at the
same speed as the ship or station. on your balloon, they would be
standing on a platform that is floating in air. they would have the
same floating sensation as someone in a ship at sea. the only
difference between being on this airship and a ship at sea is that
they would be able to see the dark of night at noon.