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[Scelly9]

I say we launch off a high altitude weather balloon.

[RedKing]

I say we launch off a high altitude weather balloon.

With a kitten and a trapdoor. Best Z-level drop EVER.
(I kid, I kid...)

[10ebbor10]

I say we launch off a high altitude weather balloon.

Actually, not that hard. Find a weather balloon (the American army has these, and sometimes sell time when they replace their stocks. Also, you find them at other locations.), find helium (easy), Find something worthwhile to attach to a balloon (preferably not a bay 12'er) and then the hardest part:

Get launch permission. Don't want to accidentally crash an airplane, do we?

[kaijyuu]

We don't?

Okay okay, there might be people on the plane, sheesh.

[RedKing]

I say we launch off a high altitude weather balloon.

Actually, not that hard. Find a weather balloon (the American army has these, and sometimes sell time when they replace their stocks. Also, you find them at other locations.), find helium (easy), Find something worthwhile to attach to a balloon (preferably not a bay 12'er) and then the hardest part:

Get launch permission. Don't want to accidentally crash an airplane, do we?

Huh. What altitude are we considering "low-earth orbit"? Cause you can apparently buy a 30' diameter balloon that can go up to 115,000ft (35km) for a whopping $89.

Pseudo-edit: Ah. Wikipedia defines LEO as a minimum 160km. We're gonna need a bigger bag.

EDIT: Also, cool graphic showing comparison of various orbit levels. Plus, it totally looks like the Earth is trying to zap the Moon with a Death Star laser.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[MaximumZero]

Hmm. Maybe you can attach me to this "balloon" of yours, and then I punch out the sky from that, instead of hassling with the plane?

[Flying Dice]

Hmm. Maybe you can attach me to this "balloon" of yours, and then I punch out the sky from that, instead of hassling with the plane?

What, you don't want to try punching out space?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

You need a trillion-watt lazer to punch out space.

[Aklyon]

You need a trillion-watt lazer to punch out space.

Can't you just punch the space core as the representative of space though?

[Skyrunner]

Cool informational graphic!

[Scelly9]

I say we launch off a high altitude weather balloon.

Actually, not that hard. Find a weather balloon (the American army has these, and sometimes sell time when they replace their stocks. Also, you find them at other locations.), find helium (easy), Find something worthwhile to attach to a balloon (preferably not a bay 12'er) and then the hardest part:

Yeah, actually permission is damn easy. Surprisingly, the helium is the worse these days. We're having a nation shortage apparently. We've already built everything and purchased the balloon. Total cost was about $750 total, and we attached four cameras.

[10ebbor10]

A shortage? Strqnge, last thing I heard was that the military was selling of their helium reserves.

[Scelly9]

A shortage? Strqnge, last thing I heard was that the military was selling of their helium reserves.

-_- How long ago was that?

[10ebbor10]

A shortage? Strqnge, last thing I heard was that the military was selling of their helium reserves.

-_- How long ago was that?

Last thing I heard they wanted to get rid of the entire stockpile before 2015.

[Scelly9]

A shortage? Strqnge, last thing I heard was that the military was selling of their helium reserves.

-_- How long ago was that?

Last thing I heard they wanted to get rid of the entire stockpile before 2015.

Facking facker fack. NEED HELIUM.