posted on May, 21 2004 @ 05:21 PM
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To achieve orbital flight, the craft would require a spaceworthy propulsion system � something more substantial than helium and propellers. Powell
would turn to the type of continuous-thrust ion propulsion system used on NASA's Deep Space 1 and the European Space Agency's SMART 1 moon probe.
Based on computer simulations with different configurations, he contends that such engines could drive the mega-balloon to orbit in three to nine
days.
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this is what the piece of paper says near the bottom of the text.
can this really work and be a new way to go into space??
Read the whole storie its a great piece of text ...and look to next months test...