Author: L Paul Turner

I would lose myself in spinship economics, but for my plan to write fiction with Cle' Curbo, who won 1st Place in Sci-Fi in 2021 for "In the Garden of Mistress Bloom" (Writers Digest self-published e-book category). The human race must mature to care for our mother earth, and wean ourselves to space for her sake. I love to experiment with my garden of earthly delightful plants. I strive to love all the people all the time, but I am not powerful enough to do so. End right side amygdala. Space alien! is like shouting "squirrel" to a dog. The left side of the amygdala is awakened. Care, dream, plan, do. All thinking and doing is by trial and error. 99 point 999 percent of all accomplishments are prep. Find something you like. Love comes later.

Talking balloons with an aerospace engineer! – Good Day Sacramento

https://www.cbsnews.com/gooddaysacramento/video/talking-balloons-with-an-aerospace-engineer/

Here’s the direct link to balloon expert JP explaining the Chinese balloons. Note: in 2011, JP Aerospace launched a steerable balloon (dirigible) which reached 95,085 ft MSL, setting a new world record for dirigible flight. His 18000 free student experiments to the edge of space were launched by 200 or more separate balloon missions. http://www.jpaerospace.com.

Update: Chinese Spy Balloon Over US. Have we figured it out?

John M. Powell coming to us from http://www.jpaerospace.com provides a different approach to the Chinese balloon mystery. My own take is that it’s just one of the many thousands of weather balloons launched every day. They pass by overhead and no one seems to notice them. The video gives a balloon expert’s opinion. JP has more than 40 experience in aerospace and has lifted over 18000 student experiments to the edge of space, using balloon systems. http://www.jpaerospace.com

For space economics, read The Space Trade at http://www.thespacetrade.com

Chinese Balloon Hard to Shoot Down

As John M. Powell explains in the video, the Chinese balloon is likely above 100 thousand feet above sea level. No plane with bullets can reach that high. Even if a fighter jet could send bullets through the balloon, the bullet holes are small and would take hours and probably days to down the balloon and its package. By then the balloon could be over Chinese territory again.

A missile may not be able to spot the tiny radar signature of the balloon, and if a missle exploded the balloon cargo, the resultant debris would be difficult to gather and take a long time to analyze. JP’s four decades plus of rocketry and balloon experiments provides an authoritative voice for all things traveling the skies. More videos at http://www.jpaerospace.com. Click on the Menu to find Videos.

We Live in 5 Dimensions+

Chris “The Brain” got my attention with this new conceptual door which opened and pulled me through to the other side to understanding 5 dimensions in a new way for just me? No. He got an extended flurry of comments. Instead of a nap, listen to Chris. If you fall asleep just replay it with a cup of coffee in hand. Tell me it’s not worth it.

Burst Point Revealed in this Backwards Video

https://youtube.com/shorts/RwI0pcSEhyc?feature=share

What part of the balloon, the workhorse of John Powell’s JP Aerospace experiments in the upper regions at the edge of space, is the first to burst? Is it the top or the bottom where the balloon is connected to the tether and the experiment racks below it? I thought it was the nethers of the latex balloon, but this video changed my mind. Yet, does it always happen this way? Maybe JP can tell us. http://www.jpaerospace.com

For a summary of the private sector future in space, and how JP Aerospace helps get us there, see http://www.thespacetrade.com