ULTRA LONG DURATION BALLOONING PROJECT
What's happening with ULDB?
Jack's Balloon Page
Last October's Requirements Workshop
Letter from W. Vernon Jones Senior Science Program Executive/Suborbital.
The Extended Life Balloon Borne Observatories Program (ELBBO)
ELBBO/Holzworth Campaign
Letter from W. Vernon Jones to workshop participants
attendance list
executive summary
requirements for strawman payloads
summary charts of payload requirements
US-Russia Executive Space Science Joint Working Group
picture of OZP hanger test
New composit materials
balloon thermal modeling
NEW! First Hangar Test Results
Schedule & Milestones for the Superpressure Initiative
Summary of Balloon Environment
Balloon Thermal Environment
Solar Irradiation
IR transmission of the Atmosphere
Selected Study Payloads for the Demonstration Project
Technology Workshop, June 24&25 at GSFC!
NEW! Interim Report of the GSFC Study
(PDF file)
Check this for technology concepts.
Popular Mechanics March 1997: Countdown Begins For Earth-Orbiting Balloons
Check out this article on composites in the July Scientific American: STRONG FABRICS FOR FAST SAILS by Brian E. Doyle.
Check out JPL page on balloons for planetary studies.
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