by Kathi Leiden | Mar 17, 2016 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
NASA has been working on a technology called a “super pressure balloon” that they plan to use to double the helium balloon flight duration world record. OK, it’s NASA. They’re obviously not out just to break records. Super pressure helium balloon program...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 16, 2016 | Helium, Helium News
Imagine enjoying martinis and small plates at the bar, but that bar happens to be floating quietly over the Earth at the black edge of space. That’s some wild dream! Except it’s quite real, and for $75,000 you can reserve a bar stool for an upcoming...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 10, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Stunts
Creating a “fridge” that can turn extremely hot air into extremely cold air almost instantaneously isn’t rocket science. Oh wait… it is, actually. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a spaceship! A U.K. company is developing a hybrid...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 4, 2016 | Helium, Helium Uses
In a place with no cars, no pharmacies, and no roads, a simple ailment can prove fatal. An inspired helium project seeks to change that. Living in big cities or meticulously maintained suburbs like many of us have become accustomed to, it’s easy to forget that...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 1, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
We’ve all seen the footage of astronauts bouncing on the moon as if they were floating. What if they took a helium balloon up—would it float? After all, the gravity on the moon is only about a sixth as strong as the gravity on Earth, which means if you stood on...
