How Many Balloons Does It Take To Float A Human?

Floating into the sky via a cluster of balloons is a childhood dream for many kids!

But put into real life circumstances, is it even possible?

The idea was put back into many people’s minds when the popular movie “Up” was released and the main character floated his house with hundreds of balloons.

There’s a science to everything, even balloons!

Some of it can be kind of boring – helium is strong enough to lift one gram per liter of helium.

So if one balloon has 5 liters of helium, that balloon can lift 5 grams.

That’s why to hold down a balloon, you can just tie it to pretty much anything, even lightweight objects.

Of course you also have to take into account temperature and pressure, but we’ll explain this in assumption that there are no odd circumstances causing fluctuation.

There’s a science to everything, even balloons!

Some of it can be kind of boring – helium is strong enough to lift one gram per liter of helium.

So if one balloon has 5 liters of helium, that balloon can lift 5 grams.

That’s why to hold down a balloon, you can just tie it to pretty much anything, even lightweight objects.