Re: Where to toy balloons go?

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From: aezpete
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 1994 16:05

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In article <2im8fq$qm8@lynx.dac.neu.edu> jlawson@lynx.dac.neu.edu (John A. Lawson III) writes:
>hey if you had miles of string attached to the balloon could you end up
>(if the ballon makes a complete orbit) with a loop of string that goes
>all the way around the world.
>
>This would be a fun experiment :)
>
>
>"The baloon is 10,000 miles away and I'm still holding on!"


You would have to take into account the weight of the string the balloon
would have to support.  10,000 miles of string would probably be very heavy.


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Subject: Re: Where to toy balloons go?
Date: 2 Feb 1994 16:05:18 GMT
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