Launch of a space faring vehicles from high-altitude places, such as mountain ranges and high plains, advantages and disadvantages of high-altitude over sea-level launch sites.
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Wouldn't it be better to leave Earth less dramatically?
I'm not claiming this concept outlined below as a massively original idea. But perhaps the idea of "gentle" access to space is unusual?
What I'm talking about is a High-Altitude Platform (HAP), kept up with a very large amount of balloons, at an…
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