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- Dr. & Mrs. A. Dale Topping L-T-A Museum Virtual Museum of the Lighter-Tan-Air Society’s Collection
01 Other Museums and Exhibits
- MAPS Air Museum – North Canton, Ohio MAPS Air Museum – Including the Control Car from the Goodyear blimp Spirit of Akron
- Summit Memory View The Lighter Than Air Society’s collection on Summit Memory
03 Associations
- Naval Airship Assn. Home of the Naval Airship Association
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Tag Archives: helium balloon
Brazil Considering Balloons to Extend Internet Service to Amazonia
Source: Hispanically Speaking News Brazil’s National Space Research Institute, known as INPE, said it is looking at the feasibility of using balloons to extend the Internet into isolated regions such as Amazonia.
Posted in Balloons, News
Tagged Amazonia, Brazil, helium balloon, INPE, Internet service
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World View Balloon Aims to Give You an Outer-Space View for $75,000
Source: NBC News By: Alan Boyle, Science Editor NBC News A new venture headed by veteran space entrepreneurs plans to send tourists on a balloon up to an altitude of 19 miles, to give them the kind of spacey view that … Continue reading
Google tests helium balloon Wi-Fi network
Source: Engineering and Technology Magazine By Tereza Pultarova Google has been running pilot tests of its Project Loon providing Internet connectivity via a fleet of helium balloons in New Zealand since June.
The Next Big Thing for Exploring the Distant Universe: Balloons
Source: The Atlantic.com By: Megan Garber A way to get 99 % of the way into space, at 1 % of the cost of a satellite.