Daedalus Floating on nothing

David Jones

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6653, 793-793

Abstract: The lightest possible filling for a balloon would be a vacuum. But how could such a balloon be made to withstand atmospheric pressure? Daedalus's answer is a graded-cell polymeric foam which is used to coat a mould: the largest cell, the remains of the mould's original interior space, will contain vacuum. Light yet durable, when released such balloons will rise to a certain height, say 20 km up, and be ideal platforms as relays for cellular telephony.

Date: 1997
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