Re: Where to toy balloons go?

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From: John Hall
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 1994 12:28

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In article <2iqkqu$klv@electra.saaf.se>
           pausch@electra.saaf.se "Paul Schlyter" writes:

> In article <2ioivu$b02@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
>  <aezpete@deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>   > >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
>  
> It sure would be heavy -- the string would break under its own weight!  Not
> even a strong steel wire would be able to support its own weight if
> 10,000 miles long.

See also Arthur C Clark's novel, "The Fountains of Paradise".

-- 
John Hall     jfhall@avondale.demon.co.uk

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