Inside the Orbital Airship

In response to a question below, here is what’s inside the orbital Ascender. Specifically it’s not a single balloon but a array of lifting cells.

This drawing is from the book “Floating to Space,  The Airship to Orbit Program”. If you don’t have a copy get yourself to the front page of the JPA site, click on the picture of the book in the upper left corner and buy one!

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One Response to “Inside the Orbital Airship”

  1. Ed Minchau says:
    November 20, 2010 at 7:05 am

    Thanks. This whole concept is elegant.