[pp.int.general] File Sharing in Space

[Rodrigo Pereira]

Perhaps a hydrogen baloon up the clouds and, when fall down, it
collect some umidity from clouds and preform a electrolisis to produce
some hydrogen and rise again.


2010/10/18 Andrew Norton <ktetch at gmail.com>:
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> On 10/18/2010 1:48 PM, Partidul Piratilor wrote:
>> Ahoy,
>>
>> According to international regulation the space (athmosfere) above a
>> state is subject to control by that state, usually limited by that state
>> technological capabilities. A baloon (dirigible sound like a good tech
>> to consider) doing some kind of transmission that could be considered
>> illegal by the state can be easily shot down. It's amatterof how high it
>> flies and how much of a nuisance it is.
>> A satellite, on the other hand is a totally different thing :D While the
>> costs could be significantly higher, and the capabilities limited, I
>> really like that idea and I'll join such a initiative.
>
> Exactly why I was asking about height. A balloon would last no more than
> 2-3 days at best, before it's buoyancy was compromised, and the pressure
> difference means it'd be expensive to make one that went high enough.
> Thus, a powered ascent to orbit is the only way (which makes
> geostationary feasible). A LEO is about the best we can hope for (and we
> need to do it from one of a few special ranges, because of airspace
> regulations). We're looking at at least 400km up though for a decent orbit.
>
> My quick estimates are that it will cost at least $1M though. Perhaps
> one of the cheapest solutions at present, might be a registered light
> manned dirigible, might be able to get a day's airtime from it, and as
> long as the person aboard is a pilot, it'll work under most laws. It's
> certainly the first step for proof-of-concept.
>
> Andrew
>
>>
>> Cristian
>>
>>
>>     > We plan to send a file sharing site (or something similar) into the
>>     > sky - possibly a blogg (?)... We plan to use some kind of baloon and
>>     > try to keep it up in the air for as long as possible. Hopefully
>>     > irritating the crap out of authorities in as many countries as
>>     > possible.
>>
>>
>>
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