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minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·21 hours agoIf a hot air balloon can reach low Earth orbit then why are we wasting money on rockets? Just tie those satellites and space station components to a balloon!
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·20 hours agoI know you’re shitposting but I have been nerd-sniped A) that’s basically what weather balloons are B) orbit isn’t a place, it’s a speed.
minus-squareLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours ago“Made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs” ass writing lol
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·18 hours agoI know. I’ve put 2000 hours in Kerbal Space Program. 🙂 I don’t consider the stratosphere, where weather balloons travel, to be space.
minus-squareCarl [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·19 hours agoThis actually exists, although the most you can do with it is fly around and take measurements, no near-space stations.
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-218 hours agoBuoyancy can’t take you out of the atmosphere by principle. The stratosphere is fake space! It’s under the Karman line. spoiler
If a hot air balloon can reach low Earth orbit then why are we wasting money on rockets? Just tie those satellites and space station components to a balloon!
I know you’re shitposting but I have been nerd-sniped
A) that’s basically what weather balloons are
B) orbit isn’t a place, it’s a speed.
“Made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs” ass writing lol
I know. I’ve put 2000 hours in Kerbal Space Program. 🙂
I don’t consider the stratosphere, where weather balloons travel, to be space.
This actually exists, although the most you can do with it is fly around and take measurements, no near-space stations.
Buoyancy can’t take you out of the atmosphere by principle. The stratosphere is fake space! It’s under the Karman line.
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