"Going to space" is a lot more than merely getting out of the atmosphere. You need to get orbital velocity, and a balloon isn't going to do that.
For an individual helium atom it's possible to pick up enough velocity to escape Earth's gravity. When they're all tied together in a balloon, that's not going to happen.
For an individual helium atom it's possible to pick up enough velocity to escape Earth's gravity. When they're all tied together in a balloon, that's not going to happen.