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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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