Is the Floating Launch Loop a Viable Alternative for Space Exploration?

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im writing a 2d space simulator and in it i want to simulate rockets as well as things like space elevators and spaceguns to allow players to compare how each system works and compare pros and cons. one idea i want to include in that simulator is my own that i want to promote to the new president and NASA eventually and its a floating launch loop where a super balloon structure many kms in size will act as a launch loop for 20 ton payloads above the thickest portions of the atmosphere. do you think this idea is worth exploring as an alternative to my first idea of a floating spacegun? www.roboticsolutions.tech/phase2

which is part of my 4 phased revive proposal
www.roboticsolutions.tech/revive

or do you think spacxex falcon9 should be cost effective enough for america to do great things such as launch nuclear thermal rockets and payloads into geosynchronous orbit for a affordable space elevator 750tons?
 
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20 g over many seconds is certainly not for humans. 3.5 km/s is also not enough to get you anywhere, you still need a massive rocket. More massive than this system can launch.
Shooting vertically you are quite limited in orbits you can reach easily.

The payload of these airships will be tiny at 30 km altitude. To hold up the structure they have to be even higher, reducing the payload even more.