It actually is hard for me to imagine that. I wouldn't want to live in a floating habitat held aloft by balloons.
Maybe if I were a bird I'd be comfortable with it, but it's just disturbing. No solid ground...
Maybe if I were a bird I'd be comfortable with it, but it's just disturbing. No solid ground...
At the same time, do consider how you already count on conventionally supported structures like bridges, buildings, tunnels, etc. not to have any defects or design flaws. Or once-in-100-years storms or earthquakes.
This magnifies further if you've ever flown on a plane or sailed on a ship. It only takes the right series of failures to be plummeting to the bottom. Now imagine people who spend months or years counting on technology and redundancy to keep them alive in space, and might expect to do so indefinitely.
Exposure therapy, baby!
Not on the ships I've been going on, anyway.