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How much helium would it take to lift the space shuttle into space?
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∙ 12y ago
It won't - at some time the balloon would burst or become the same density as the atmosphere, so stop rising.
The above answer is correct. At about 110,000 feet or ~ 21+ miles (when the shuttle was well into the stratosphere) the balloon will burst.
However to get the space shuttle into the stratosphere it would take 2,029,203,000 liters of helium and would cost approximately $ 146,102,616.
Assumptions:
Space shuttle weighs: 2,029,203 KG
1 Liter of helium can lift ~ 1 gram.
Helium costs approximately 7.2 cents per gram.
According to the NASA website it costs $450,000,000 to launch a shuttle. Maybe they should look into using helium to get them the first 20 miles.
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