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Space/Science » in reply to Blimp first, please...

Do you know how big a blimp would have to be to work on Mars?

The atmospheric pressure on Mars approximates that of Earth at about 88,000 feet altitude. It takes one huge balloon to carry a payload at these altitudes. Would it use hydrogen? Helium? If you just used hot Mars air (heated how?), it would be humungous, even assuming you could find a material that worked.

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