A reusable floating device for launching a space rocket from high altitude, and method for launching a rigid structure into space
OwnerSzabolcs TAKÁCSinventor
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Abstract
A reusable floating device suitable for launching a space rocket has a support structure which includes a toroidal balloon housing and a rigid platform attached thereto; an elongated rigid structure surrounded by said support structure, releasably connected thereto, and adapted for attachment to a space rocket; at least one buoyant gas balloon within said balloon housing; and a compressor module and at least one rigid-walled tank carried by said platform. The compressor module is in confined flow communication with the at least one buoyant gas balloon and the at least one rigid-walled tank.
Claims14
A reusable floating device suitable for launching a space rocket and comprising a support structure which includes a toroidal balloon housing and a rigid platform attached thereto;
- an elongated rigid structure surrounded by said support structure, releasably connected thereto, and adapted for attachment to a space rocket;
- at least one buoyant gas balloon within said balloon housing;
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- a compressor module and at least one rigid-walled tank carried by said platform, the compressor module in confined flow communication with the at least one buoyant gas balloon and the at least one rigid-walled tank.
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