The space in between: The stratosphere Share on Twitter
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Tess Hatch Contributor Share on Twitter Tess Hatch hopes to travel to space, in the meantime she is a venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in frontier tech. More posts by this contributor Space is open for business We have airplanes and drones in our airspace and satellites in space, but what about the space in between: the stratosphere? There are platforms, such as blimps, balloons and high-altitude long endurance (HALE) fixed-wing platforms that can duplicate functions now performed by drones or satellites in a more technically and commercially viable manner. Commercial drones operate in our airspace below 400 feet. Commercial aircraft fly between 9-12km (30,000-39,000...