NearSys Flight 07A

[Usolid]

what is the size of the first box and what is the type of computer, the operating system and camera being used here

[sigmasquadleader]

What's the potential range for a free-falling balloon/remnants?

[NearSpace]

At 100,000 feet, the air pressure is 1/100th of air pressure at sea level. So the initial volume of the balloon needs to hold 300 cubic feet for every 15 pounds of lift. To reach 100,000 feet, the balloon needs to expand 100 times in volume. Take the cube root of that to get the increase in diameter

[NearSpace]

To lift around 15 pounds takes 300 cubic feet of helium. You can scale it up from there. Don't forget that the balloon needs to increase its volume by a factor of 100.

[NearSpace01]

DO you know how high did the Balloon go

[NearSpace01]

How big a balloon do you need to lift a person into near space?

[NearSpace01]

I was wondering if you can attach a open gondola to the balloon a has a person ride in it.

[NearSpace]

No, these balloons aren't large enough

[NearSpace01]

HOW BIG DO THEY NEED TO BE?

[nynearspaceresearch]

Quick question: What is the memeory of an SD card? Is it the recomended system for video recoreding? What is the size of the unedited file?

[NearSpace]

This was a 1 GB flash card

[christschool]

I was wondering if some of the government balloons can actually break free of the earth's gravitational pull? I suspect not since at a certain altitude, the balloon weighs too much for any more lift.

[roidroid]

yeah, otherwise it'd be like a piece of wood floating on water - then starting to fly up into the air!

helium balloons can float on-top of the atmosphere - they can't go any higher.