All aboard the space balloon !
For a bare $ 125,000 , you could now buy a trip to soar into Earth ’s upper atmosphere aboard Space Perspective ’s luxury space balloon . This week , the Florida - ground caller get down live with reservation for its inaugural ocean trip , with liftoffs set to start from Kennedy Space Center in 2024 .
Passengers will float above the stratosphere on the Spaceship Neptune , a balloon - borne pressurized capsule that put up a 360 - level panoramic view of their milieu and is equip with non - glare windows for photography . Amenities let in recumb keister , onboard can , a fully stock bar , and , of course , Wi - Fi so you may send out space tweets to countenance all those grind on the earth do it how cool you are .
Gif: Space Perspective (YouTube) / Gizmodo
As for the balloon itself , it grows to the “ sizing of a football stadium ” when fully inflated and can ascend as high as 20 mi ( 30 kilometers ) above the ground , according to Space Perspective . And in case you were wondering : Yes , the craft has a backup chute able of safely getting it back down to Earth if things get hairy .
Reserving a exclusive seat will coif you back $ 1,000 , or you’re able to go all out and reserve a full , eight - rear workmanship for just $ 8,000 . Those are just the deposit , though ; the full experience cost a walloping $ 125,000 per rider . The six - 60 minutes misstep is designed to be depressed - impact and does n’t require passengers to undergo special breeding or wear spacesuit , the company aver .
“ The space curious who would have considered it either too risky — or expensive — now have the chance to get the excitement of traveling to space , with a safe and gentle ascent , a humankind away from rocket - fuel space endeavour , ” Space Perspective said ina press releaseWednesday .
Photo: Space Perspective
The fellowship passed a major milestone earlier this calendar month after successfully completing an uncrewed run flight of its Neptune One trial fomite , a full - sizing Spaceship Neptune simulator . extra unmanned test flight are currently underway .
“ This test flight of Neptune One kicks off our extensive exam flight military campaign , which will be passing full-bodied because we can perform tests without a pilot burner , making Spaceship Neptune an extremely secure way to go to blank , ” say Space Perspective founding father and co - CEO Taber MacCallum ina press releaseat the time .
The company has n’t confirm how many tickets it ’s sold so far , but MacCallum ’s wife and Colorado - CEO , Jane Poynter , toldFlorida Todaythat the response has been “ insanely adept . ” Space Perspective has been sell ticket in camera to judge interestingness , and their first several flight are already sell out , she said . MacCallum also told the outlet that they ’ve had a range of clientele express interests .
“ We ’ve got family that want to go together . We ’ve got couples that need to propose or have their wedding . It ’s accessible to life events , ” MacCallum told say .
Which makes it voice like we ’re not too far off from shake off children ’s natal day parties in the stratosphere . Hey , clobber a few colonnade cabinets in there , and you ’ve got yourself a space Chuck E. Cheese .
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