Balloon Calculations
Using standard ideal gas equations and Mars atmosphere information, it is possible to estimate the atmospheric density and other parameters for various heights.
From these values, it is possible to calculate the lift that would be generated by a balloon of a specified diameter.
I have created some spreadsheets to compute these values and have pasted some below.
| Air Mass 6m kg | Moles He Needed | Mass of He Req g | Gross 6m lift in Kg |
| 1.5599650469 | 36.0417686576 | 144.2751999362 | 1.4156898469 |
| 1.4944155939 | 34.5272999686 | 138.2127817744 | 1.3562028121 |
| 1.4316266751 | 33.076611256 | 132.4056748577 | 1.2992210002 |
| 1.3714818004 | 31.6870111088 | 126.8431054686 | 1.244638695 |
| Air Mass 10m kg | Moles He Needed | Mass of He Req g | Gross 10m lift in Kg |
| 7.2220604022 | 166.8600400813 | 667.9407404454 | 6.5541196617 |
| 6.9185907125 | 159.8486109658 | 639.8739896962 | 6.2787167228 |
| 6.6279012736 | 153.1324595185 | 612.9892354525 | 6.0149120382 |
| 6.3494527798 | 146.6991255038 | 587.2365993916 | 5.7622161804 |