yea sure, but then again u need confidence to archive thing in your life, n u cant oversell something thats isnt even finish yet,.. the important part of the vid is the idea
Love the capsule. This would be great experience, silently floating up to near earth orbit, gazing at the universe.... I’d never get in a rocket as too dangerous.
We need to use hydrogen instead of helium. Helium is finite and really hard to find. And it’s also super useful such as in MRI machines. Hydrogen might not explode as long as it’s high enough. And it should have a parachute to begin with too
to post this question yet again. But would it be possible to hook this up to an orbital structure and pull it up from the high altitude to low earth orbit on a cable? And if yes, is the altitude loss experienced by the orbital structure lower then the potential need fuel which can be carried up?
Veritas B. I'm not really qualified to answer, but if I understand you correctly, I think the logistics of getting an orbital structure that is attached to a balloon that isn't moving to then connect into a spacecraft in orbit (which must be traveling many miles a second) would just be too difficult to achieve. The energy to lift the structure into orbit would come from the momentum of your spacecraft that would be pulling it into orbit, dragging it down. There have though been talks of launching rockets from these balloons, which is similar to what you suggest. Hope this helps :)
i don´t know what materiál they are using to manufacture the balloon, but my tests with alufoil sphere-shaped ones have proven, that the balloon won´t stay inflated forerver. Even after several hours after inflation the balloons simply weren´t able to carry the payload.
Hey, up until the very end I thought "mah... another failed google experiment", but then I saw the capsule, and I like the idea! It's pretty much what Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic want to do, but cheaper and safer.
An plane can weigh into the 100's or tonnes and rockets can get into the 1000's or tonnes so unless you have one very big ballon, its not going to work. Plus for planes to gain lift there needs be a certain air speed the plane needs to be travelling, so if you just released the plane from the ballon it would go straight into a steep dive. Which is not exactly what i would want if i was flying ;)
@@117odstHalo Clearly a sufficient volume of balloons can be used and a plane can launch from suspended below a balloon at elevation by accelerating as the balloon(s) made for this begins to deflate allowing for the acceleration, releasing once the plane gets above stall speed and automatically flying themselves back down to the airport below to launch the next plane.
@@sanjuansteve Yeah, you could theoretically, i know there have been airships in the past (around WW1 i think) that have had planes launch from underneath them, however, though these where very light scout and fighter planes, i could be wrong but it probably wouldn't be worth the effort to develop a ballon/ballons to be able to lift a A380/ 747 to that alttiude and then launch it. However though thats just my personal opinion.
@@117odstHalo And with this transition, planes could more easily be electric (every year larger planes are built electric as battery energy density improves, etc), reducing battery size and weight requirements by beginning all flights lifted to (or above even) altitude. And of course, electric vehicles can (should) be solar charged too.
You are basically right except that you can't compare it with rockets because that is not space, it's near space. To actually get to space you need to go about 40 000 km/h sideways and baloon going 40 000km/h sideways - not going to happen. Think of it that way: it's kind of like throwing a basketball into air and comparint it to intercontinental airline flight. You are never going to throw a ball across the ocean. It's not about height, it's about speed...
NGOs do not make money, they only pay salaries,, modern day politically correct system to get money tax free from the system, and this is not in space but high altitude, and she can send nothing in high orbit with this system, up there , you have no oxygen/air to ride the balloon on. I think she knows it. Must have watched too many cartoons as a child. The only people she is taking for a ride are those that put their money in her scheme. this is like the breath underwater artificial lung, that was made from a bike handle and looked very promising, they got funded by a million dollars or more, these kind do not think scientific but schematic , scheming to get money from the gullible.
Its could be perfect surveillance tool over conflict areas like "gaza strip". Its doesnt need refuel and its way way cheaper then drones. So it could be game changer.
doesn't solve the problem of getting into orbit. i'm not sure you can even really see the curvature at 31 miles. i'm not getting on a 3-day hot air balloon ride, thanks.
Zreknarf if you went up to 31 miles fast enough so the air doesnt drag you with it fast enough, then actually yes you would observe the rotation of the earth. Imagine you are spinning two balls connected to strings of differnet length so that they rotate around you in 1 second, then the ball farther away would have to travel faster to spin around you in the same amount of time as the closer time. With careful measurment, a heavy ball, and a high tower you can measure the eastwardly deflection of a falling object. At a height of 100 meters, at 32 degrees latitude, the displacement is 2 centimetes. Very hard to measure.
It's a crazy idea! Theoritically it can be very much cheaper. But what is the size of a balloon that can successfully lift a capsule carrying a person or multiple persons with their equipment and supplies?! I hope this idea get developed and polished in the future.
The military has been doing this for decades... it’s not new, at all... the United States is, and has been, the number one manufacturer of Helium in the world, and over 90% of this Helium is, and has been(for years) solely used by NASA.
Instead of using rockets why not use rockcoons filled with hydrogen. Pull the hydrogen into spacecraft to use as fuel and to power the spacecraft. REPLY
I hate how they call it space, it's not. It's near space, there's a difference.
lol do you think Bloomberg executives and viewers have that much intellect?
@@prashantvas22 SHUT UP U DUMBASS
Ehhh you can get it near space then use a rocket booster to propel it...
blackice214 but you’ll have to carry one, things will get heavy
@@willinton06 These ballons can lift alot
That over confident tone makes me skeptical.
yeah, I don't like that con-artist style.
Same here
Overselling it
yea sure, but then again u need confidence to archive thing in your life, n u cant oversell something thats isnt even finish yet,.. the important part of the vid is the idea
Especially when it's not even going up to space, its only one-tenth the distance to the space station.
Love the capsule. This would be great experience, silently floating up to near earth orbit, gazing at the universe.... I’d never get in a rocket as too dangerous.
Communications for first responders and disaster stricken communities is a wonderful use for this!!
We need to use hydrogen instead of helium. Helium is finite and really hard to find. And it’s also super useful such as in MRI machines. Hydrogen might not explode as long as it’s high enough. And it should have a parachute to begin with too
Or just go to the moon and get some more helium?
It’s not hard to find at all... the US is the number one manufacturer of Helium in the world, and 90% of it goes to NASA
to post this question yet again. But would it be possible to hook this up to an orbital structure and pull it up from the high altitude to low earth orbit on a cable? And if yes, is the altitude loss experienced by the orbital structure lower then the potential need fuel which can be carried up?
Veritas B. I'm not really qualified to answer, but if I understand you correctly, I think the logistics of getting an orbital structure that is attached to a balloon that isn't moving to then connect into a spacecraft in orbit (which must be traveling many miles a second) would just be too difficult to achieve. The energy to lift the structure into orbit would come from the momentum of your spacecraft that would be pulling it into orbit, dragging it down. There have though been talks of launching rockets from these balloons, which is similar to what you suggest.
Hope this helps :)
I still can't believe she's only 38.
I been doing this for decades
Nice runes
It's not about going high up, it's about going fast.
The title is misleading. It's not going into space! If you're going to space using balloon, I'm sure the balloon will explode.
i don´t know what materiál they are using to manufacture the balloon, but my tests with alufoil sphere-shaped ones have proven, that the balloon won´t stay inflated forerver. Even after several hours after inflation the balloons simply weren´t able to carry the payload.
Jeeze lady, pick an accent!
Edit: I mean seriously, it's gone at 4:00 and back by the end.
What's the maximum altitude helium balloon can take us?
@@donkaz9592 not high enough.
Hey, up until the very end I thought "mah... another failed google experiment", but then I saw the capsule, and I like the idea!
It's pretty much what Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic want to do, but cheaper and safer.
I think not only should rockets be lifted to elevation first by balloon, but commercial airlines too.
An plane can weigh into the 100's or tonnes and rockets can get into the 1000's or tonnes so unless you have one very big ballon, its not going to work. Plus for planes to gain lift there needs be a certain air speed the plane needs to be travelling, so if you just released the plane from the ballon it would go straight into a steep dive. Which is not exactly what i would want if i was flying ;)
@@117odstHalo Clearly a sufficient volume of balloons can be used and a plane can launch from suspended below a balloon at elevation by accelerating as the balloon(s) made for this begins to deflate allowing for the acceleration, releasing once the plane gets above stall speed and automatically flying themselves back down to the airport below to launch the next plane.
@@sanjuansteve Yeah, you could theoretically, i know there have been airships in the past (around WW1 i think) that have had planes launch from underneath them, however, though these where very light scout and fighter planes, i could be wrong but it probably wouldn't be worth the effort to develop a ballon/ballons to be able to lift a A380/ 747 to that alttiude and then launch it. However though thats just my personal opinion.
@@117odstHalo And with this transition, planes could more easily be electric (every year larger planes are built electric as battery energy density improves, etc), reducing battery size and weight requirements by beginning all flights lifted to (or above even) altitude. And of course, electric vehicles can (should) be solar charged too.
the flat earthers should see this.
we are not in space all we have NOW is high altitude balloons there's no place to go for us just here that's way i luv us all even the crazy ones lol
i dont know flat earth but i know flat level water
Why cannot a balloon, with enough fuel, successive explosions, gain enough momentum to get to orbit speed?
*A I R D R A G*
Balloons are fun
What if balloon blow up in space ? Any rescue plan ?
Yeah, but as far a I k ow the helium is lost forever if the Ballon pops... because it is so light.
She mentioned Biosphere. How did biosphere deal with cooking fumes and combustion?
this is more safer than rockets
Just compromise...
You are basically right except that you can't compare it with rockets because that is not space, it's near space. To actually get to space you need to go about 40 000 km/h sideways and baloon going 40 000km/h sideways - not going to happen. Think of it that way: it's kind of like throwing a basketball into air and comparint it to intercontinental airline flight. You are never going to throw a ball across the ocean. It's not about height, it's about speed...
CHRISTO CJ True. It's quite hard to be more dangerous than rockets though! :)
some satelites the ones with the right orbit can also stay above the same position....
Because they are tethered to Helium balloons
Absolutamente imposible, el calor y la presión lo desintegrarían
Crazy lady ?
Where do you put the cat ?
look at nasa's balloon tech this is all we have
This lady said a lot of things that set off my b******* detector.
Wasn't Biosphere II a Will Farrell movie?
a smart move
827th Approved !!!
How is this company profitable?
NGOs do not make money, they only pay salaries,, modern day politically correct system to get money tax free from the system,
and this is not in space but high altitude, and she can send nothing in high orbit with this system, up there , you have no oxygen/air to ride the balloon on.
I think she knows it. Must have watched too many cartoons as a child.
The only people she is taking for a ride are those that put their money in her scheme. this is like the breath underwater artificial lung, that was made from a bike handle and looked very promising, they got funded by a million dollars or more,
these kind do not think scientific but schematic , scheming to get money from the gullible.
Its could be perfect surveillance tool over conflict areas like "gaza strip". Its doesnt need refuel and its way way cheaper then drones. So it could be game changer.
doesn't solve the problem of getting into orbit.
i'm not sure you can even really see the curvature at 31 miles.
i'm not getting on a 3-day hot air balloon ride, thanks.
Zreknarf you can see curvature perfectly well at 31 miles
@@kellel5610 okay, but would you really get that " we all live on this big spinning ball " feel? you would just be floating stationary over America
Zreknarf if you went up to 31 miles fast enough so the air doesnt drag you with it fast enough, then actually yes you would observe the rotation of the earth. Imagine you are spinning two balls connected to strings of differnet length so that they rotate around you in 1 second, then the ball farther away would have to travel faster to spin around you in the same amount of time as the closer time. With careful measurment, a heavy ball, and a high tower you can measure the eastwardly deflection of a falling object. At a height of 100 meters, at 32 degrees latitude, the displacement is 2 centimetes. Very hard to measure.
What about when we ran out of helium?
Then we mine the moon
There’s always hydrogen
This woman is tough
Amazing.
Until we run out of helium.
Cool!
can we fly to moon and back
no
No need for Vc profitable. No need for criticism. As long as the VC fall in love with it. It’s all going to be funded.
Viva las Biodome.
It's a crazy idea! Theoritically it can be very much cheaper. But what is the size of a balloon that can successfully lift a capsule carrying a person or multiple persons with their equipment and supplies?! I hope this idea get developed and polished in the future.
The military has been doing this for decades... it’s not new, at all... the United States is, and has been, the number one manufacturer of Helium in the world, and over 90% of this Helium is, and has been(for years) solely used by NASA.
Instead of using rockets why not use rockcoons filled with hydrogen. Pull the hydrogen into spacecraft to use as fuel and to power the spacecraft.
REPLY
Is this company invested by KFC look at 0:56 (left side on the photo frame) who is chilling there...😃😃😃
For all the lofty talk... I'm sure what really matters to her is PAYING CUSTOMERS.
I thought for some reason they were going to do something meaningful like feed people... give them access to facebook and youtube... great.
google project loon