[QUOTE=analrapist;24472300]Wow, just what our astronauts need, more trash in space that could run into them and kill them.
:colbert:[/QUOTE]
The balloon would pop before it would escape the earth's gravity. All the stuff would just fall.
Also, watch the end of [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=24471840&postcount=2]this[/url] video.
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Also, I support this idea.
[QUOTE=analrapist;24472300]Wow, just what our astronauts need, more trash in space that could run into them and kill them.
:colbert:[/QUOTE]
Yeah space is just infinity wide (as far as we know) we run a very high risk of this.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;24472410]There's like 10 billion tons of metal shit flying around in earth orbit, the chunks bigger than a nut being watched.
Would be really funny if the astronauts crashed and burned againist a balloon filled with black market electronics and dildos though.[/QUOTE]
It would. Balloons only go to ~50km though. Low earth orbit (what humans are normally in) is 160-2000km above the earth's surface.
[QUOTE=analrapist;24472300]Wow, just what our astronauts need, more trash in space that could run into them and kill them.
:colbert:[/QUOTE]
You're expecting something travelling directly upwards to go into orbit? Ok...
Even if that was possible, if you read the video description you would see that they return to earth by a parachute, the second videos one got ran over by a lawnmower.
[url]http://space.1337arts.com/[/url]
MIT student project, costs $150 to build and all the instructions are there. Super easy project.
[QUOTE=PieClock;24472466]Yeah space is just infinity wide (as far as we know) we run a very high risk of this.[/QUOTE]
The problem with space junk is that it gets caught in orbit and acts like a shield around the planet that ships have to bust through to get out.
[QUOTE=mr.pie;24472117]Tell me, sir Wewt? How do they pass the Ozone layer then?[/QUOTE]
Ahahahaha
Oh god
Are people reading the :colbert: thing wrong, or what?
I know it's not REALLY an issue. Yeesh.
[QUOTE=analrapist;24472789]Are people reading the :colbert: thing wrong, or what?
I know it's not REALLY an issue. Yeesh.[/QUOTE]
Learn to troll, child.
[QUOTE=analrapist;24472789]Are people reading the :colbert: thing wrong, or what?
I know it's not REALLY an issue. Yeesh.[/QUOTE]
Uh. No, I think [B]you're[/B] reading it wrong.
i, personally would be terrified to be that high, in earth. it would make me feel really small. AND i would probably have a panic attack up there.
[QUOTE=tehfrog;24472883]i, personally would be terrified to be that high, in earth. it would make me feel really small. AND i would probably have a panic attack up there.[/QUOTE]
Don't worry, this is not a chance for you to go into space :v:
This is about sending a camera up with a balloon.
Manned high altitude baloons are like spacecraft but with 10x more testicles
[img]http://anthonyscarcello.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/kittinger-jump.jpg[/img]
before any manned spaceflight in a rocket.
Facepunch studios space center anybody?
Fasa?
the guys at Copenhagen suborbital, SA's space program, are seriously the coolest guys on the face of the earth. Before building a spacecraft they built the worlds largest private submarine.
I say we launch a satellite :v:
To send a small object (like a shoe box) into space by a real rocket costs about $100,000. I don't think balloons actually reach space, just the outer atmosphere of Earth.
Why would anyone want to send shit into space. That's just fucked up, I mean, think of the aliens.
Lets make a giant balloon in that's the shape of the FP logo and send it up for some lulz
Oh and wow^ when was that picture taken? that's incredibly badass,
[QUOTE=Ragy;24473361]To send a small object (likes a shoe box) into space by a real rocket costs about $100,000. I don't think balloons actually reach space, just the outer atmosphere of Earth.[/QUOTE]
30-40km for the amateur ones, pretty much 100km is space
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[QUOTE=Sean C;24473429]Lets make a giant balloon in that's the shape of the FP logo and send it up for some lulz
Oh and wow^ when was that picture taken? that's incredibly badass,[/QUOTE]
Late 50's
We could make a flying rocket launch platform.
As I understand, a suborbital launch requires something like 1.9km/s of delta V which is a whole lot less than the 10ish km/s of a rocket looking to orbit.
I want to shoot one off in space. Or ionno, I'll fill the a cup with semen and shoot the bastard into orbit
The travel to space is astounding.
On the flight up, I'll throw a coin down on the earth. In hope of it to hit someone.
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;24471840]I rather like the Space Chair.
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[URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=k6PSbUl_68k[/URL]
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Oh my God. I want that done to my body when I'm dead. Except instead of my body sitting in an armchair it'll be like a rolling chair. That would be awesome
Let's send Garry into space
[QUOTE=mr.pie;24472117]Tell me, sir Wewt? How do they pass the Ozone layer then?[/QUOTE]
you know the ozone isn't solid, right?
[QUOTE=mr.pie;24472117]Tell me, sir Wewt? How do they pass the Ozone layer then?[/QUOTE]
By going up. The Ozone layer isn't a fucking brick wall.
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