Cov tuam txhab npaj yuav siv balloons mus rau qhov chaw hauv 2024

Ze li ntawm ib nrab ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas xav mus rau qhov chaw.

Tab sis qhov ntawd txhais tau tias lwm ib nrab tsis yog, raws li xyoo 2021 daim ntawv ntsuam xyuas los ntawm ValuePenguin, ib qho ntawm LendingTree lub vev xaib tshawb fawb txog nyiaj txiag. Ze li 40% hais tias qhov chaw mus ncig yog qhov txaus ntshai heev, thaum lwm tus txhawj xeeb txog kev cuam tshuam ib puag ncig thiab cov nqi.

Tsis ntev tom ntej no yuav muaj kev xaiv los daws cov kev txhawj xeeb, raws li cov tuam txhab uas npaj yuav xa cov neeg caij tsheb mus rau "chaw" ntawm high-altitude balloons.

Qhov tseeb tiag, cov balloons nce tsawg dua li ib nrab ntawm qhov kev ncua deb mus rau qhov kev txhais ntawm qhov chaw, tab sis qhov ntawd tseem ze li peb zaug siab dua li kev lag luam feem ntau mus ncig - thiab siab txaus kom pom lub ntiaj teb curvature.

Ntau dua li lub foob pob hluav taws tawg pob txha, lub zais pa yog "mob heev," said Jane Poynter, co-CEO ntawm Qhov Chaw Pom, uas vam tias yuav coj cov neeg caij tsheb mus rau stratosphere hauv 2024.

Tsis muaj lub ntsej muag-contorting "siab Gs," tsis tas yuav muaj kev cob qhia thiab mus ncig ua si tsis tso cov pa roj carbon monoxide, nws hais.

Lub tuam txhab nyob hauv Florida tab tom siv hydrogen los txhawb nws txoj kev mus rau XNUMX-teev, uas Poynter tau hais tias yuav ua tau zoo heev uas cov neeg caij tsheb tuaj yeem noj, haus thiab taug kev ncig thaum lub davhlau.  

Hydrogen tau raug qhuas raws li "roj ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej” - qhov muaj peev xwm hloov pauv lub zog ua si uas tuaj yeem hloov pauv lub ntiaj teb kev cia siab rau fossil fuels.

Tab sis tom qab muaj kev sib tham nrog cov neeg hauv thaj chaw, CNBC Travel pom qhov tsis muaj kev pom zoo ntawm nws txoj kev nyab xeeb.

Stratospheric balloons tsis yog tshiab - lawv tau siv rau kev tshawb fawb thiab huab cua txij li thaum xyoo pua 20th.

Tab sis kev thauj cov pab pawg them cov neeg caij tsheb hauv lawv yog. 

Poynter yog ib feem ntawm pab pawg uas tau pab yav dhau los Google tus thawj coj Alan Eustace rhuav tshem lub ntiaj teb freefall cov ntaub ntawv thaum nws dhia los ntawm lub stratospheric balloon ze li 26 mais saum ntiaj teb.

Thaum Eustace dai hauv qab lub zais pa hnav lub tsho dav hlau, Space Perspective cov neeg caij tsheb yuav taug kev los ntawm a pressurized tshuaj ntsiav, uas tuaj yeem haum yim tus neeg taug kev thiab tus tsav, nws hais. Lub capsule yog thaub qab los ntawm lub tshuab raj parachute uas tau ya ntau txhiab zaus yam tsis tau poob, nws hais.

"Hauv txhua qhov kev sib tham uas peb muaj nrog tib neeg, kev nyab xeeb yog thawj qhov uas tshwm sim," Poynter tau hais thaum hu xov tooj los ntawm Florida's Kennedy Space Center. "Qhov no yog txoj hauv kev nyab xeeb ntawm kev mus rau qhov chaw."

Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2017, lub balloon uas muaj hydrogen tau tawg ntawm Tucson, Arizona, cov chaw ntawm lub tuam txhab stratospheric balloon hu ua World View Enterprises.

Thaum lub sijhawm, Poynter yog World View's CEO. Nws thiab nws tus khub ua lag luam thiab tus txiv Taber MacCallum tau koom nrog World View hauv xyoo 2012. Lawv tau tawm ntawm lub tuam txhab xyoo 2019 thiab tsim Space Perspective tib lub xyoo.

Ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom los ntawm Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health, tau txais los ntawm CNBC raws li Txoj Cai Lij Choj ntawm Cov Ntaub Ntawv, tau hais tias tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm qhov chaw xav tias "hluav taws xob zoo li qub" ua rau hluav taws xob hydrogen. Raws li daim ntawv qhia, qhov kev huam yuaj tshwm sim thaum lub sij hawm kuaj hauv av, thaum lub zais pa yog deflated, thiab tsis ua rau mob hnyav.

Ib qho electrostatic paug, piv txwv li lub txim hluav taws xob zoo li qub, uas ignited flammable hydrogen gas yog dav ntseeg tias tau ua rau Hindenburg airship kev puas tsuaj nyob rau hauv 1937.

Tab sis Peter Washabaugh, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm aerospace engineering ntawm University of Michigan, tau hais tias hydrogen tsis tsim nyog rau txim rau Hindenburg kev sib tsoo.

“Lub npog sab nrauv ntawm lub tsheb yog nplaim taws. Nws tsis paub meej tias qhov twg raug hluav taws ua ntej - lub npog lossis hydrogen, "nws hais. "Lub nkoj tau ua haujlwm hnyav thaum muaj cua daj cua dub ... Kuv xav hais tias nws yog kev ua haujlwm tsis saib xyuas."

Washabaugh tau hais tias kev txhim kho thev naus laus zis tau ua kom siv hydrogen muaj kev nyab xeeb dua.   

Nws tau hais tias "Ntau ntau tau hloov pauv hauv 100 xyoo dhau los," nws hais tias, sau tseg tias cov khoom siv zais pa tshiab "tshwj xeeb zoo dua ntawm kev muaj hydrogen."

Robert Knotts, ib tug qub tub ceev xwm engineering nrog UK's Royal Air Force thiab tam sim no tus tswv cuab ntawm England's Airship Association, pom zoo.

Nws tau sau ib tsab xov xwm hauv Royal Aeronautical Society, lub koom haum tshaj lij rau cov zej zog hauv dav hlau, uas tau hais tias: "Cov ntaub ntawv niaj hnub thiab cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam. hydrogen airship muaj kev nyab xeeb zoo li txhua lub dav hlau helium. "

Hais txog hydrogen nrog rau airships lossis balloons thiab "txhua tus neeg lub siab rov qab mus rau Hindenburg - qhov ntawd yog daim duab uas lawv muaj," nws hais, hu qhov xwm txheej yog "qhov teeb meem PR" loj rau cov roj.

Lub caij no, hydrogen tam sim no tau siv los ua lub zog hluav taws xob tsheb, thaum lub dav hlau dav hlau ("Vajtswv paub tias muaj pes tsawg nkas loos roj nyob rau hauv nkoj") muaj kev pheej hmoo hluav taws kub nyhiab heev, nws hais.

World View tus tam sim no CEO Ryan Hartman hais rau CNBC tias nws qhov chaw ncig xyuas lub npas npas ya davhlau, uas tau teem sijhawm yuav pib xyoo 2024, yuav siv los ntawm helium.  

Tom qab sau tseg tias "peb lub tuam txhab yog ib lub tuam txhab sib txawv heev niaj hnub no," nws hais tias: "Peb qhov kev txiav txim siab ... yog los ntawm kev xav ua ib yam dab tsi uas muaj kev nyab xeeb li sai tau rau cov neeg caij tsheb."

Nws hu ua kev siv hydrogen los nqa cov neeg caij tsheb mus rau stratosphere "ib qho kev pheej hmoo tsis tsim nyog."

Hartman tau hais tias hydrogen yog siv los tua cov zais pa thaum "qhov kev pheej hmoo tsawg," uas ua rau muaj kev nkag siab zoo, nws hais tias, vim nws pheej yig dua thiab yog cov roj nqa tau zoo heev.

Hauv 2018, Poynter - World View's CEO ntawm lub sijhawm - hais rau CNBC qhov ntawd World View tsis siv hydrogen nrog nws cov balloon systems.

Tab sis nws lub tuam txhab tshiab, Space Perspective, tam sim no xaiv los siv nws los koom nrog kev loj hlob sai hydrogen kev lag luam, nws hais.

Nws tau hais tias "Helium yog cov khoom tsis txaus thiab xav tau los ntawm tsev kho mob rau kev sim rau cov neeg mob hnyav nrog rau kev xa xov tooj cua sib txuas lus thiab tshawb fawb tseem ceeb," nws hais. "Nrog helium tsis txaus twb tshwm sim, nws tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg siv helium rau qhov chaw ncig ua si ntawm qhov ntsuas."

Ntxiv rau, "hydrogen tau raug pov thawj tias muaj kev nyab xeeb zoo li nqa roj," nws hais.

Space Perspective qhov kev txiav txim siab yog ib feem ntawm a loj zog rov qab mus rau hydrogenJared Leidich, tus qub neeg ua haujlwm ntawm World View thiab tam sim no tus thawj coj thev naus laus zis ntawm lub tuam txhab stratospheric balloon aerial imagery tuam txhab, tau hais. Nroog Ntuj.

Nws tau hais tias "Hydrogen tuaj yeem yog cov roj muaj kev nyab xeeb," nws hais tias, muaj "tuj" ua ntej siv nws hauv lwm thaj chaw hauv ntiaj teb.

Hais txog seb nws puas yuav caij lub zais pa rau hauv nws lub stratosphere: "Tau kawg," Leidich hais. Hydrogen los yog helium? Nws yuav tsis muaj teeb meem, nws tau hais tias, sau tseg tias hydrogen tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm kev caij tsheb "vim tias nws yog lub zog nqa roj ntau dua, tag nrho cov kab ke tuaj yeem ua rau me dua, uas muaj qee qhov txiaj ntsig zoo."

Nws hais tias nws twb tau teem lub rooj zaum - thiab them $ 1,000 rov qab tso nyiaj rov qab - rau lub dav hlau Space Perspective.

Knotts kuj tau hais tias kev xaiv roj "yuav tsis thab kuv, ncaj ncees."   

Lwm tus tsis paub meej.

Kim Strong, tus kws tshaj lij hauv huab cua thiab tus thawj coj ntawm University of Toronto's Department of Physics, hais rau CNBC tias nws yuav "zoo siab dua nrog lub zais pa uas muaj helium."

Tab sis University of Michigan's Washabaugh tau hais tias nws nyob ntawm lub laj kab hais txog kev caij hauv lub zais pa stratospheric.

"Nws yuav tsis muaj teeb meem yog tias nws yog H2 lossis Nws," nws hais hauv email. "Kuv tsuas yog nyiam lub tsheb muaj zog."

Kev hais lus tsis tu ncua ntawm qhov yuav luag tsis txaus helium tau ua rau "yuav luag tag nrho" cov tuam txhab zais pa Leidich ua haujlwm nrog los tsim cov tshuab uas sib haum nrog hydrogen thiab helium, nws hais.

Brooklyn-based stratospheric balloon imagery tuam txhab Nyob ze Chaw Labs tam sim no siv helium, tab sis CEO Rema Matevosyan tau hais tias nws tab tom tshawb nrhiav siv hydrogen yav tom ntej.   

“Qhov zoo ntawm hydrogen muaj nyob ntawd. Txhua qhov teeb meem nrog hydrogen kuj muaj, thiab txhua tus paub nws, "nws hais. "Nws yuav yog qhov kev hloov pauv nyuaj heev ... nws yuav mus tshawb fawb ... qhov kev thov rau qhov no tseem yuav tsav qee qhov kev tshawb fawb."

EOS-X Space, lub tuam txhab Madrid-raws li stratospheric balloon tuam txhab uas tab tom npaj yuav tshaj tawm qhov chaw ncig ua si los ntawm Tebchaws Europe thiab Asia, tab tom npaj hloov pauv.

"Qhov kev sim thawj zaug hauv lub quarter tom ntej no yuav siv los ntawm helium," tus tsim thiab tus thawj coj Kemel Kharbachi tau hais. Tab sis "peb cov engineers thiab pab pawg txhim kho thiab kev tsim kho tshiab tau ua haujlwm nrog hydrogen kom peb tuaj yeem ua thawj zaug ua ntej 2024 kom muaj cov thev naus laus zis no." 

Lwm tus yog lo nrog helium.

Jose Mariano Lopez-Urdiales, tus tsim thiab CEO ntawm Barcelona-based stratospheric balloon tuam txhab Xoom 2 Infinity, hais rau CNBC nws lub tuam txhab qhov chaw ncig ua si zais pa yuav siv helium "tau kawg."

"Peb cov tub ua lag luam thiab cov neeg siv khoom xav kom zam txhua tus nqi ntawm cov foob pob hluav taws," nws hais hauv email, xa mus rau YouTube video uas qhia txog Ntiaj Teb Saib hauv av sim foob pob tawg.

Nws tsis tau txiav txim siab siv hydrogen yav tom ntej txawm li cas los xij, hais tias nws lub tuam txhab tuaj yeem, tom qab "ob peb txhiab lub dav hlau hydrogen ua tiav, tom qab ntawd me ntsis qhia nws nyob rau hauv txoj kev tswj tau los ua cov dav hlau dav dav."

Lars Kalnajs, tus kws tshawb fawb tshawb fawb ntawm University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, tau pom zoo, hais tias kev siv hydrogen tuaj yeem yog kev sib ntaus sib tua nce siab txij li kev ncig xyuas stratospheric yog qhov kev lag luam tshiab thiab tsis muaj pov thawj.

"Kev pheej hmoo - lossis txawm tias qhov kev nkag siab ntawm kev pheej hmoo - yuav yog ib qho teeb meem loj," nws hais tias, "tsawg kawg kom txog thaum kev nyab xeeb ntawm tag nrho cov txheej txheem tau ua pov thawj zoo heev."

Thaum Hartman thiab Poynter tuaj yeem tsis pom zoo txog qhov nqa cov pa siv, lawv ob leeg tau hais tias kev caij stratospheric balloons muaj kev nyab xeeb dua li kev mus ncig hauv lub foob pob hluav taws - thiab pheej yig dua.

Daim pib ntawm World View's capsule raug nqi $ 50,000 rau ib lub rooj zaum, thaum Space Perspective tam sim no khaws cov rooj zaum rau $ 125,000. Ob lub tuam txhab tau hais tias txhua lub davhlau hauv Asmeskas tau muag tawm hauv 2024.

Tsis zoo li Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin thiab SpaceX, stratospheric balloons tsis mus ze rau qhov chaw, Kalnajs hais. Cov balloons feem ntau yuav mus txog 30 mus rau 40 mais (kwv yees li 19 txog 25 mais) siab, uas poob qis ntawm thaj tsam thoob ntiaj teb lees paub rau qhov chaw - lub npe hu ua "Karman Line" - teem rau ntawm 100 mais saum hiav txwv.

Txawm li cas los xij, nws yog qhov siab txaus kom pom pom "cim xiav kab xiav" ntawm lub ntiaj teb huab cua, hais tias Poynter.

John Spencer, tus tsim thiab tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm lub Chaw Tourism Society, hais tias stratospheric balloons yog ib feem ntawm "qhov chaw hauv zej zog."

"Raws li kuv txhawj xeeb, lawv tab tom muab kev paub txog qhov chaw nrog lawv lub dav hlau ya dav hlau - thiab ntau tus neeg tuaj yeem muaj kev paub ntau dua li cov neeg uas yuav txaus siab mus rau hauv lub foob pob hluav taws," nws hais.

Spencer hais tias nws yog ib tug phooj ywg ntawm Poynter thiab nws tus khub, MacCallum, thiab txaus siab rau kev caij dav hlau balloon nrog lawv lub tuam txhab.

"Tab sis kuv xav pom lawv siv helium," nws hais.