[extropy-chat] balloon stations at the edge of space

[Damien Broderick]

At 02:05 PM 5/26/2004 -0400, Dan Clemmensen wrote:

>My favorite thought-machine is a nuclear-heated hot-air areostat.
>i.e., a rigid hot air balloon. A 5km diameter sphere made of
>currently-available materials should lift with only a few degrees
>of differential temperature.

Bucky Fuller, right? I was enthralled by that idea (and some cool 
illustrations) in PLAYBOY around 1968. (Yes, I only read it for the 
interviews.)

Damien Broderick