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Without doing any math, I would think the main constraint is the sheer size of the balloon that you would need to lift any significant mass. That said there are
by goodcanadian 14y ago
Without doing any math, I would think the main constraint is the sheer size of the balloon that you would need to lift any significant mass. That said there are some people who are proposing things like this with at least some seriousness:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_airship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_airship
- dkokelley 14y agoInteresting. I wonder what the theoretical maximum height/weight is achievable with current LTA materials. I was thinking that the LTA vehicle would act as a miniature space elevator, with a launch craft carrying the traditional rocket part of the way through the atmosphere, and then launching the rocket the rest of the way up and into orbit.