Got $125K to spare? A company wants to send tourists to space using device similar to a balloon
The price of a trip to space is dropping, and you can buy a ticket today for $125,000.
A new company offering high-altitude balloon flights has just made a successful test flight from the Space Coast.
The sky is black. The horizon is curved. And you맥스카지노ve got a 450-mile view in Spaceship Neptune, a space ship carried by a balloon.
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The balloon that맥스카지노ll carry Neptune One made what its owners say is a successful test flight from the Cape last week. It flew across Florida, and for over six hours, offered space-like views from about 20 miles high, before splashing down in the Gulf.
The generally accepted altitude of the edge of space is 60 miles. A balloon would actually be useless up that high. But Space Perspective, the company behind all this, says space is what you see.
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And you won맥스카지노t be weightless.
The capsule is 16-feet across, seats eight, and champagne is included. The company expects no trouble at all selling tickets at $125,000 a seat.
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Flights from the former space shuttle runway, and from Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, could start in 2024.
You can buy a ticket today on the company맥스카지노s website: .
