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ho hum
04-20-10, 05:13 PM
Of course if you were in a baloon at 107,000 feet, what else could you do but jump? He did it three times!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81gn2oLeC_U

I wonder how much payload you could realistically lift with helium?

rm -rf
04-20-10, 05:30 PM
Re-edit: Dayvan Cowboy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8) (youtube) Yeah.
AllenG
04-20-10, 07:36 PM
I wonder how much payload you could realistically lift with helium?

http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/cargolifter/
http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/cargolifter/images/img1.jpg

Length 260m
Diameter 65m
Total height 82m
Envelope volume 550,000m³
Loading platform 50 x 8 x 8m
Basic weight 260 tons
Payload up to 160 tons

CbadRider
04-20-10, 08:25 PM
I wonder how much payload you could realistically lift with helium?

It depends on the size of the balloon(s):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZBvN1iZ_M4
Connell
04-20-10, 08:30 PM
It depends on the size of the balloon(s):

Or the number of them.

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-4/up-movie.jpg
ho hum
04-20-10, 10:40 PM
Seems like an environmentally friendly way to get payloads into space and is reusable.