• Question: how do you fly to the moon with a balloon

    Asked by anon-269995 to Sam on 12 Nov 2020.
    • Photo: Sam Geen

      Sam Geen answered on 12 Nov 2020:


      You can’t, unfortunately. You can get close to the edge of space with one, and people put weather measuring instruments and even telescopes on them, but balloons need to be lighter than air to lift up, and because there is no air in space, that is a problem if you want to get to the moon.

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