Helium balloon lifts up to two tons of building material over Tibet's mountains
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What happened
China carried out its first test of a two-ton-class tethered balloon in Tibet on Monday at an altitude of about 13,000 feet. The roughly 80-foot helium balloon lifts building material over rugged high...
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