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minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-squareCarl [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months agoBuoyancy cannot take you out of the atmosphere by definition.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-squareLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago“Made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs” ass writing lol
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!
This actually exists, although the most you can do with it is fly around and take measurements, no near-space stations.
Buoyancy cannot take you out of the atmosphere by definition.
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.
I know. I’ve put 2000 hours in Kerbal Space Program. 🙂
I don’t consider the stratosphere, where weather balloons travel, to be space.
“Made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs” ass writing lol