Rockets. Rockets are the solution at the moment. We blast as much power down and force ourselves upwards. It's a violent and disruptive approach to flying, lifting and escaping the hold Earth has on us. I am determined there is a more natural approach to getting off Earth.
Just as a bubble of air starting at the bottom of the ocean is pushed upwards, it is possible for us to launch a vessel into space using the atmosphere pressing down as our force for pushing us up. In the scenario replace the water with the air, and the bubble with some form of manned space vessel. All that is required is to make the vessel lighter than the air, so that the atmosphere pressing down will cause the vessel to rise.
With rockets, the biggest force is applied at the beginning. The furthest the shuttle gets from the ground, smaller rockets are used as less force is required. This is much the same when using the atmosphere to force the upwards climb. Air is more pressurised at ground level, and as the vessel rises, the atmosphere becomes thinner providing less force to lift the vessel, with less force being required.
There are numerous problems with this approach, such as what to do with a gust of wind, but I'm sure when NASA first considered launching man into space they had their fair share of obstacles as well. I am also not naive enough to realise that the use of the atmosphere to launch a vessel into outer space would mean no man-made force applying engines are required, but instead maybe they would only play a role of steering and propulsion.
If you have ideas, or knowledge, on how this could or would work, please feel free to share below...
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