From: jeanettescrooby@gmail.com   
      
   Hi Klaus and everyone els.   
      
   I had forgotten about the expansion.   
      
   Normally high-altitude balloons shed gas and ballast to keep the envelopes   
   from bursting and the balloon from sinking. But in the Rockoon scenario the   
   balloon is only going one way.   
      
   The altitude achieved by StratEx is astounding. That is practically half-way   
   to space. Above 99% means you only have to fight gravity, and you can   
   concentrate on accelerating horizontally instead of vertically.   
      
   The 60-million cubic feet is something like 2 million cubic meters(1 m = 3.x   
   feet 3 x 3 x 3 = 27, round up to 30). Plenty (in theory at least) to lift a 28   
   ton cargo).   
      
   Still considering the vulnerability of balloons to weather, and considering   
   how fast a well made launch vehicle can leave its point of origin it is   
   probably better (easier, less clumsy) just to work out how the characters got   
   their hands on G2O vehicles.   
      
      
   Thank you to those who helped me out here.   
      
   Regards   
   Frank Scrooby   
      
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