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☆ Startups are building balloons to hoist tourists 100,000 feet into the stratosphere
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Magdalena Petrova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC spoke to three startups — France-based Zephalto, Florida-based Space Perspective and Arizona-based World View — that aim to hoist tourists to the stratosphere using pressurized capsules and massive gas-filled balloons. "The capsule itself is designed to to carry eight customers and two crew into the stratosphere," said Ryan Hartman, CEO of World View. World Views says it sold 1,250 tickets so far while Space Perspective has sold 1,800. Ticket prices range from $50,000 per seat with World View to around $184,000 with Zephalto. Space Perspective sells tickets to its experience for $125,000 per seat.

Persons: Ryan Hartman, Jane Poynter, Poynter, Vincent Farret d'Astiès, Zephalto Organizations: SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, CNBC, —, U.S Locations: — France, Florida, Arizona

☆ Luxury space-tourism company shows off its capsule designed to float to the edge of space with a massive balloon
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An aerospace startup has unveiled the test capsule for its luxury space tourism experience. It's the latest commercial spacecraft for suborbital flight, after Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. Space Perspective, a Florida-based startup, recently unveiled a test capsule for its new Neptune spacecraft. The company touts the pressurized Neptune capsule as "the largest human spacecraft in operation" aside from space stations like the ISS. Space Perspective"The space capsule is like nothing the world has ever seen," cofounder Taber MacCallum said in a statement.

Persons: —, Neptune, Shepard, Dezeen, Taber MacCallum, Jane Poynter, Space.com Organizations: Virgin Galactic, Service, Virgin, US Air Force Locations: Florida

☆ Design revealed for space toilet with a view
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A restroom with an out-of-this-world view could be the surprise highlight for travelers adventuring with space tourism start-up Space Perspective. “Why not have a loo with a view?” Jane Poynter, Space Perspective“That’s why the toilet seat itself has a cushion, so you can sit there,” adds Poynter. And trips to the “edge of space” – like those proposed by Space Perspective and Zephalto – are different again. Space Perspective hopes to start transporting groups of up to eight passengers on flights by the end of 2024. Space Perspective intends to start tests fights imminently.

Persons: Jane Poynter, Poynter, ” Poynter, Dan, Isabella Trani, It’s, there’s, ” Jane Poynter, ”, Poynter –, Dennis Tito Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Michelin, Space, US Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, US Coast Guard, “ Locations: Florida, British

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