The ballon was filled with 180,000 cubic feet (about 7000 liquid liters)
of helium gas at 1 atm which expanded to 30 million cubic feet at 120,000
ft.
http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/Everything-you-need-to
-know-about-the-Red-Bull-Stratos-balloon-021243269629522
Eugene DeRose, Ph.D.
NIEHS NMR Laboratory Manager
Contractor to NIEHS/DIR
919.541.1981
derose_at_niehs.nih.gov
On 10/29/12 3:18 PM, "John Wright" <jwright_at_ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
>Was that 30 million cubic feet at atmospheric pressure?
>
> -jmw-
>
>On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, Deryck Webb wrote:
>
>> Hi Spinlanders,
>>
>> Just for interest sake, and the fact that it's all over the news, I'd
>>like to comment on the Felix Baumgartner/Red Bull Stratos event that
>>occurred this past Sunday.
>>
>> As we're all aware there is a shortage of supply of liquid helium in
>>North America and the world and we've all felt the pinch of rationing
>>and sometimes even denial of helium.
>>
>> Here's what was used for the Stratos mission;
>>
>> The RedBullStratos Balloon held 30,000,000 cu ft of helium gas. That's
>>849,600,000 litres of gas, which will condense into 1,132,800 litres of
>>liquid! (750:1 expansion ratio). Depending on where your at that's over
>>$10M worth of helium.
>>http://www.redbullstratos.com/technology/high-altitude-balloon/
>>
>> We all know helium is non renewable and very difficult to extract from
>>natural gas, and once released to the atmosphere helium is non
>>recoverable.
>>
>> That volume of helium would supply the University of Alberta, all
>>departments, all helium applications, for over 50 years!
>>
>> Please let me know the number and frequency of instruments you have in
>>your lab and how long that supply would have sustained your facility.
>>I'll post the results when I get a decent number of responses.
>>
>> Thanks everyone,
>>
>> Deryck
>>
>>
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>>
>
Received on Tue Oct 30 2012 - 03:49:04 MST