In article , Leo
writes:

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:50:46 -0500, Mike Coslo
wrote:

Len Over 21 wrote:



It's times like this that can bring people together. You and Brian
Kelly have something in common.

Realism?

Not to mention Standard Atmosphere tables, models, etc. :-)

One is NOT going to reach 100 kilofeet altitude using 8-foot
latex weather balloons, regardless of the source.

If those could reach it, they would have done so long ago. Hint:
they aren't designed to reach way way up there to "near space"
altitudes.

So be it. If you wish to believe that this cannot be done, despite
overwhelming evidence that it can and is being done with regularity,
then I commend you in the strength of your belief. ;^)

Tsk. Mike is into the bad movie dialogue of years ago wherein a
bunch of kids in a barn would exclaim, "We can put on a Show!"
and the movie then cuts to many song and dance numbers which
are held on a much larger "stage" than could be put in such a
barn. :-)

"Will and idea" won't work by itself. A little bit of background into
the physics will be the baseplate of all future building (and flying)
decisions.

This is *so odd* - it's like trying to describe how an antenna works,
yet getting bogged down by people that refuse to believe that we can
extrude aluminum, that the government would allow people to talk over
wireless connections, and besides, it is impossible for electromagfetic
waves to travel through the air anyway.

Tsk. Mike is getting "odd" in the pique-ness of his complaints.

"Others have done it," so therefore Mike "can do it." Problem is,
Mike has not yet done it.

There's a big gulf between "others have done it" and actually
getting out and DOING it. Publicity releases made ahead of
time need the psychology of marketing to do an effective
selling job.

A case example is the website of the "Grand Challenge," the
autonomous vehicle "race" from Barstow, CA, to Las Vegas, NV.
Lots and lots of publicity ahead of time, all the entrants were
VERY confident, etc. NONE of them finished. Only about
a third of them managed to get started.

At any rate, I am moving on with the project. If you choose to believe
that Myself and others are not doing this, then have at it! 8^)

Fine. MIke, GO for it. Let us know when you've discovered how to
balloon things into the world of reality. It's your helium. Ought to
be a gas.