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Will a balloon pop in space?

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That depends on how much air is in the balloon and how high the temperature gets.

As the sun shines, it heats the air in the balloon. This causes the air to expand. This air pushes against the insides of the ballon making it swell up and stretch. If there is enough air in the balloon and the temperature increases to a high enough level, then the air pressure can get to high, it will cause the balloons skin to stretch to far and the balloon can pop.

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15y ago

No No a balloon cannot go into space. A balloon will only reach a point in the sky where the air in the balloon[helium] has the same density as the air outside of the balloon, thus the balloon will stop rising upward.

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the balloon would float because the helium inside the balloon would pull it up, but if you had a weight or hand on the bottom, the weight or hand would keep the balloon from rising away.

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Also, helium is lighter and less dense than air and will float upwards.

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A helium filled balloon can float very high up into the atmosphere, however, it cannot float up into outer space. The air in Earth's atmosphere gets thinner the higher up you go. The balloon can only rise up until the atmosphere surrounding it has the same weight as the helium in the balloon. This happens at about a height of 20 miles (32 kilometers) above Earth's surface. So, this is as far as a helium balloon can rise. Outer space starts somewhere around 600 miles (960 kilometers) above Earth's surface No, the helium would run out before it got into space.

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No. A rising balloon will cool as it ascends. This cooling effect would affect the gas inside the balloon, tending to condense its volume. Additionally, the gas inside would continue to escape through the porous material of the balloon. At some point, the balloon would reach an equilibrium of lift against gravity and descend. This equilibrium point will occur well within Earth's atmosphere. To summarize, it would shrink because of the low temperatures, and fall before reaching outer space. .

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A balloon has high pressure due to the air pumped in. In vacuum the pressure is low or negative so the the balloon expands and gets bigger.

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It depends on the weight of the container.

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Yes: the world record is 53 km with the unmanned Fujikura balloon.

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The balloon will only float up in the air if it has been filled with a gas that is lighter than the surrounding air. Helium is one lighter than air gas often used in helium ballooning.

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no, because the pressure in the cargo is normal

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