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It goes up when relieved of the weight of the man. This is possible because there in no "edge of space". The air does not suddenly end at some altitude; it just gets thinner and thinner as you go higher and higher. There is detectable air at the altitude of the orbiting space station and even higher, but it is SOOoooooo thin that it could never support a balloon.

2007-10-03 04:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 3 0

There were some experiments like that back in the 1950s and 60s, as part of the early development of what we now call environment suits, or space suits for short. Experimenters made parachute jumps from high altitudes to study the performance of various materials and construction methods.

In those experiments, the balloons were equipped with radio controlled mechanisms that allowed them to be deflated so that they would descend to the earth at a known time and place.

2007-10-03 04:47:39 · answer #2 · answered by aviophage 7 · 1 0

due to the pressure changes and the lack of air the balloon will deflate and fall back to the earth

2007-10-03 04:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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