JPA will use a submarine for this function. Makes sense. If you can keep water out, then you can keep air pressure in. If you are at 100k feet elevation, then you need to pressurize your airship. Eventually, he will put these pieces together for an airship that can go up to 100k feet. Once he achieves that, it will be an important milestone.
After that, I suppose that he will want to build out his Dark Sky station. The Dark Sky station will be set up at 100k plus feet above ground. It will be a launching point for a humongous airship that he plans to take to orbit. Hence, the moniker Airship to Orbit concept.
The elements to his system are taking shape. He needs an airship to get to 100 k feet to the Dark Sky station, then a second airship to get to orbit. That's three main elements.
We're gearing up for the next life support test on Belle. These are with the sub in the shop & me inside. The last one we ran "full closed" for 3 hrs while we running full system shake out & taking atmo & medical data every 5 mins. This time it's 5 hrs.#jpaerospace #submarine pic.twitter.com/y1KJqEssCf— John M Powell (@JohnMPowell1) May 31, 2019
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