the thought of sitting on top of tons of highly explosive rocket propellent has never appealed to me, but,
all
images courtesy of Space Perspective, if I were to go into space, I guess I would choose this method, the
Space Balloon, designed by PriestmanGoode, the balloon gondola I think you would call
it has already been built and tested while the Marine Spaceport Voyager ship,
from which the spacecraft will launch, is currently in the final stages of
preparation,
the company plans to conduct its first manned test flights
later this year, with plans to start sending the 1,750 people who bought
advance tickets for a Neptune flight into space starting in 2025,
according to Space Perspective, it will be the largest human spacecraft in operation save for the space stations,
accommodating a captain
and eight passengers at an expected cost of $125,000 per seat compared to $450,000
on SpaceShipTwo,
according to the company the capsule can accommodate the
largest windows ever flown to space, "The space capsule is like nothing
the world has ever seen," said Space Perspective co-founder Taber MacCallum,
"We are on the cusp of a staggering shift – not only in the way we humans
experience space but also what we conjure in our minds when we think of the
spaceship that gets us there. We are redefining the category and paving the way
for accessible space travel for years to come."
so if you fancy being suspended under a huge balloon filled with highly flammable hydrogen the booking form is here, thinking about it, sitting on top of a tube of rocket propellent or under a huge bag of hydrogen I guess I will not go for either option!
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