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Re:Launching a weather balloon, a camera and a Raspberry Pi ... by BenderV on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @05:46PM (#9502010)
Had this idea before. I search on this internet, if recall properly, it's because to get into orbit, you mainly need a good horizontal (parallel to the earth) speed, and the ballon only give a vertical speed.

Plus a ballon have lots of frictions and also cannot lift weight rocket.

I hope it help a bit. (If a rocket scientist could answer, that would be awesome)

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Re:Launching a weather balloon, a camera and a Raspberry Pi ... by stvswn on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @08:57PM (#9502751)
Not a rocket scientist -- but I remember reading this: http://what-if.xkcd.com/58/

You're right, it's about lateral speed.

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