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The balloons only have so much buoyancy, and 60,000 feet of cable would end up being pretty heavy. Not to mention that the cables would be a hazard to aircraft

The balloons only have so much buoyancy, and 60,000 feet of cable would end up being pretty heavy. Not to mention that the cables would be a hazard to aircraft navigation.

juice13 12y ago
And people could steal the equipment by pulling the baloon down.
computer 12y ago
You could always make the cable out of balloons. But I guess that would be rather expensive.