Airship to Orbit (ATO). JPAerospace
Posted on January 26th, 2010
Orbit” JP-Aerospace is a private company striving to make access to space easier and cheaper, by using balloons. A smaller helium/hydrogen filled, propeller powered vehicle (much like a blimp) will takeoff from Earth with passengers/cargo and ascend to 140000 feet altitude. It will then dock with a 2 mile wide high altitude base station (also filled with helium/hydrogen). A 6000 foot long ion-engine powered space-worthy balloon will then depart from the base station, gradually raising …
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