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Space Balloon? Using earths electromagnetic field
I was just thinking, if you can get a balloon to 50 kilometres above the
earth, beyond 99% of the earth's atmosphere, whether you could harness the earth's electromagnetic field to push it further into space by releasing the balloon above the North Pole. You might be able to use ionised gas or plasma confined by magnets, because that high up, there would be hardly any atmosphere. My feeling is that the system would flip over and be attracted back to earth, so maybe rotating magnets like a gyroscope would be more stable in confining the plasma. I'm not a scientist so would appreciate your comments. |
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Space Balloon? Using earths electromagnetic field
Google for Echo I passive satellite.
Wow I just dated myself -- "Yea, all israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him." Daniel 9-11 |
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