Re: Need Numbers to Complete Crazy Idea Proposal...

The Translucent Amoebae wrote:
[snip]

The idea is to put a single astronaut in a suit, or very small
capsule, into low Earth Orbit, for 2 or 3 trips around the Earth.
Cost ???

Ask Yuri Gagarin or John Glenn. It's been done. Nine figures from
scratch. Seven figures if you hitch a Baikonur sleighride. The
greenbacks are better spent as a weekend in Vegas smothered in
luscious girl meat.

First:
Build a HUGELY HUGE, REALLY HUGE, WITH THE IDEA OF BEING HUGE IN
MIND...
Helium Balloon Shaped like a Donut.
[snip crap]

1) "Skunk Works," Ben Rich. Kelly Johnson dissing the balloon.
2) Idiot.

You build a Platform under the Balloon with a common Rubber Tube
Slingshot attached,
[snip more crap]

1) Shot speed cannot exceed speed of sound in rubber.
2) "Mythbusters," Episode 35: Border Slingshot
3) Tg of rubber. The stratosphere is cold.
4) Idiot.

The Balloon is tethered to the Earth by a very strong fishing line,
[snip still more crap]

1) Weight/tensile strength of mooring line vs. balloon lift less
payload.
2) Idiot.

But even i thought was stupid.
[previous paragraph charitably deleted]
[snip rest of crap]

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