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2. Helium storage and conservation - Wikipedia

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   Helium storage and conservation is a process of maintaining supplies of helium and preventing wasteful loss. Helium is commercially produced as a byproduct of natural gas extraction. Until the mid-1990s, the United States Bureau of Mines operated a large scale helium storage facility to support government requirements for helium.

3. Balloon - Wikipedia

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   A balloon is a flexible membrane bag that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. For special purposes, balloons can be filled with smoke, liquid water, granular media (e.g. sand, flour or rice), or light sources. Modern day balloons are made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene, or ...

4. California Balloon Law - Wikipedia

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   California Balloon Law. In 1990 the California State Legislature passed SB 1990, enacting a Balloon Law to regulate the sales and use of helium-filled foil balloons. The law was passed in an effort to reduce power outages due to metallized Mylar or foil balloons. The balloon law prohibits the sale or distribution of a balloon that is ...

5. Fulton surface-to-air recovery system - Wikipedia

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   By 1958, the Fulton aerial retrieval system, or "Skyhook", was finished. The ground system could be dropped from an aircraft and contained the necessary equipment for a pickup, including a harness, for cargo or a person, attached to 500 feet (150 m) of high-strength, braided nylon line and a dirigible-shaped balloon inflated by a helium bottle.

6. Non-rocket spacelaunch - Wikipedia

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   However, balloons have relatively low payload (although see the Sky Cat project for an example of a heavy-lift balloon intended for use in the lower atmosphere), and this decreases even more with increasing altitude. The lifting gas could be helium or hydrogen. Helium is not only expensive in large quantities but is also a nonrenewable resource ...

7. Celebrations in Tower Hamlets after PM's ousting - AOL

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   An effigy of the former Prime Minister, constructed from a helium balloon and the torso of a clothes mannequin, was attached to a telegraph pole in the middle of the park.