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A high-altitude airship hitched to solid rocket boosters

As the helium-filled airship reaches its ceiling, the boosters would initiate a launch sequences, thus sending the airship into orbit. Orbital Airship jpaerospace

Declan Konroyd
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  • The real difficulty in getting to LEO is not altitude, but speed. E.G. an object in orbit has about 35 times the kinetic energy, as it does gravitational potential energy. – Andrew Thompson Jan 27 '15 at 10:30
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    John Powell of JP Aerospace happens to be on thespaceshow today 5 p.m. EST, if you want to call in and ask Mr. Airship-to-Space himself. – LocalFluff Jan 27 '15 at 11:21

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