funny number
so i was dinking around with a back of the envelope calculation.
i was wondering whether you could put a balloon up in the air, tethered to the ground, with a turbine on it. and put it up above the clouds. well, at about cloud height.
so i figured that clouds are 2 km up, and then guessed the width of a steel cable you'd need to tether the balloon up so that i could calculate how much lift power you'd need to lift it.
and then the r^3 of the helium balloon would be 108m^3 ...
so then in the process of crunching the number i accidentally googled 108
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)
it turns out that it's a pretty cool number.
way to go 108. you're the number of the day.
it's STUPID IDEA FRIDAY!!!
i was wondering whether you could put a balloon up in the air, tethered to the ground, with a turbine on it. and put it up above the clouds. well, at about cloud height.
so i figured that clouds are 2 km up, and then guessed the width of a steel cable you'd need to tether the balloon up so that i could calculate how much lift power you'd need to lift it.
and then the r^3 of the helium balloon would be 108m^3 ...
so then in the process of crunching the number i accidentally googled 108
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)
it turns out that it's a pretty cool number.
way to go 108. you're the number of the day.
it's STUPID IDEA FRIDAY!!!