The balloon can rise people and space rockets near the edge of space

 

The balloon can rise people and space rockets near the edge of space

The balloon would take people near the space in the future, says the start-up corporation. The hydrogen or helium balloon can rise manned and pressurized gondola to a very high altitude. And this thing opens a very interesting vision. The Mylar balloon could rise the gondola to an extremely high altitude, and then the people can visit near space.

The mylar balloon can put in the larger balloon or in the bag, which is made by using kevlar or some other very hard material. The symmetrical Mylar balloon can travel to the orbital trajectory, which the ECHO-satellites proved. So there is the possibility to benefit the extremely high-flying balloons for sending small-size rockets like Pegasus and small spaceplanes like the famous X-37B to the orbiter.

The small-size shuttles and other spacecraft can send to the high altitude by using the mothership aircraft. But the problem is that the mothership aircraft requires the airfields. And those aircraft are looking a little bit different than normal aircraft, which means that if somebody wants to hide the launching time those extraordinary looking aircraft might cause curiosity. The launching can hide for security reasons or because the system carries the secret cargo, which nobody is allowed to see.

The vehicle would rise to the upper atmosphere by using the balloon, and then the rocket would start. Another vision is to benefit the HAA (High-Altitude Airships) in that kind of mission. The rocket or spaceplane could install below the airship, which can fly to altitudes, that no airplane can reach.

Then the rocket plane would start its engines and fly to LEO (Low Earth Orbiter). When the airship accomplishes its launching mission it could return to the lower atmosphere, where the aerodynamic control systems could use. This kind of system would be the new type of launching equipment for small rockets and space shuttles.

Sources:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/spaceship-neptune-travel-scn/index.html

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/space-perspective-balloon-edge-of-space-funding

Boeing X-37B: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

HAA: https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/haa.htm

Pegasus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Pegasus

Image: https://newatlas.com/space/space-perspective-balloon-capsule/

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/Pegasus/EC89-0309-3.html

https://newatlas.com/nasa-dream-chaser-plane-production/57823/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/20/17759930/stratolaunch-airplane-spaceplane-rockets-air-launch-pegasus

http://curiosityanddarkmatter.home.blog/2020/12/12/the-balloon-can-rise-people-and-space-rockets-near-the-edge-of-space/