Go into space in a balloon. In 2021, it will already be a reality (Video)
The new Space Perspective company wants to deliver you to the stratosphere with a high-altitude balloon. The original founders of World View Enterprises, a company focused on using giant balloons to send payloads to the stratosphere, are launching a new venture together. It will use the same massive balloons to slowly send people on a trip over the Earth.
A new company, Space Perspective, has appeared on the market. Her plans are to send solvent customers all the way to the edge of the "cosmos", where they can admire the planet from an unusual angle.
Such a calm and relaxing journey into space has long been the goal of Jane Poynter and Taber McCallum, co-directors of Space Perspective. The idea of the founders is to give people a breathtaking view of the Earth from above. At the same time, they do not want to force their clients to “buckle up on a rocket” and fly into the sky at a speed of thousands of miles per hour, as other companies plan to do.
To get into the stratosphere, customers had to travel in a spherical white Neptune capsule. It will be equipped with wide glass windows providing a clear view of the Earth below. The "rocket fuel" will be a massive translucent balloon filled with hydrogen, which will rise at a breakneck speed of 12 miles per hour. Eight passengers can fit inside the ship with one pilot. It is assumed that the entire flight will last about six hours, of which two hours the capsule will hang above the Earth. The bar and bathroom will be centrally located and there will be Wi-Fi.
Satellite communications will be key to the conversation with the control team from Earth, but it will also allow broadcasting from the sky.
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A new company, Space Perspective, has appeared on the market. Her plans are to send solvent customers all the way to the edge of the "cosmos", where they can admire the planet from an unusual angle.
Such a calm and relaxing journey into space has long been the goal of Jane Poynter and Taber McCallum, co-directors of Space Perspective. The idea of the founders is to give people a breathtaking view of the Earth from above. At the same time, they do not want to force their clients to “buckle up on a rocket” and fly into the sky at a speed of thousands of miles per hour, as other companies plan to do.
To get into the stratosphere, customers had to travel in a spherical white Neptune capsule. It will be equipped with wide glass windows providing a clear view of the Earth below. The "rocket fuel" will be a massive translucent balloon filled with hydrogen, which will rise at a breakneck speed of 12 miles per hour. Eight passengers can fit inside the ship with one pilot. It is assumed that the entire flight will last about six hours, of which two hours the capsule will hang above the Earth. The bar and bathroom will be centrally located and there will be Wi-Fi.
Satellite communications will be key to the conversation with the control team from Earth, but it will also allow broadcasting from the sky.
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