[timer]

Now picture twin blimps held together by a rigid frame, then 50 twins at 1000’ intervals, all the way up to the tropopause(50,000). Tether line is power/lightning line as well as elevator cable. It would be a model for the Space Elevator. It could be tethered anywhere. Wear your space suit when you go to the TOP OF THE WORLD.

[anymouse]

Imagine a rocket built like a dirigible that uses Helium and Hydrogen in its massive volume to offset the weight of its payload.