Sparty210

Well, this is my old thread from a long time ago.

 

I am still fascinated with the idea of sending something to the moon. My latest idea is to use a high-altitude weather balloon as a launchpad for a small space sounding vehicle.

 

In other words...

 

Ascend to ~35km using weather balloon > launch vehicle into hohmann transfer orbit to the moon > retrorockets to slow the payload down before soft landing

 

Doable?

 

Cheers,

Cody

The same idea popped in my head today. Hence finding your post.