US Patent Issued to Space Perspective on March 11 for "Balloon system and/or method for balloon stand-up" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,815, issued on March 11, was assigned to Space Perspective Inc. (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.).

"Balloon system and/or method for balloon stand-up" was invented by Jacquie Prescott (Titusville, Fla.), Ryan Nascimento (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.), Taber MacCallum (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.) and Manasi Palwankar (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system 100 can include a balloon system 110 and a set of spools 120. The system can optionally include a set of actuators 130. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system can function to facilita...