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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
☆ High above the clouds — the rise of stratospheric balloon tourism
  + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Magdalena Petrova | Jeniece Pettitt | Jason Reginato | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHigh above the clouds — the rise of stratospheric balloon tourismA number of startups are hoping to hoist tourists to the stratosphere using pressurized capsules and massive gas-filled balloons. CNBC spoke to three of them, France-based Zephalto, Florida-based Space Perspective and Arizona-based World View. The balloon trips wouldn't take passengers all the way into space but the companies said passengers would be able to experience the "overview effect," a common, highly emotional phenomenon felt by astronauts when they see the earth against the blackness of space.
Organizations: CNBC Locations: France, Florida, Arizona
☆ 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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