[Hildy]

Did you know this Company is at least an offshoot of WORLDVIEW, the Chinese company that Mark Kelly, the astronaut running for Senator in Arizona, is a part of?

Mark Kelly Joins near space tourism company Wold View.

[MV=PY]

Up, up and away...

[Dagnabitt]

Not really space, but still a cool high-altitude ride. And will it ever happen? So far no space tourism has ever happened besides Soyuz selling a few rides for tens of $ millions. Virgin Galactic is a decade behind schedule, Blue Origin crawls at a snail’s pace.

[FatherofFive]

The passenger cabin, lifted by a huge hydrogen-filled balloon,

Now, what could go wrong?

[Paladin2]

"Explorer II was a manned U.S. high-altitude balloon that was launched on November 11, 1935, and reached a record altitude of 22,066 m (72,395 ft)." Almost 90 years ago.

[ASOC]

Looks pretty cool, until you look closer.....

[yesthatjallen]

..."recovery ship" will be standing by "to secure the cabin and crew".