Posted on 10/23/2013 6:47:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin
World View, an offshoot of privately owned Paragon Space Development Corp., is developing a balloon-launched, near-space ride for $75,000 -- less than one-third the current cost to fly on Virgin Galactic's suborbital SpaceShipTwo.
World View passengers will soar to an altitude of about 30 kilometers (about 100,000 feet) -- far short of SpaceShipTwo’s intended 110-kilometer (68-mile) high peak. Inside the capsule there will be little sensation of microgravity. Rather, the whole point of the ride is the view.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...
I’ll pass. One malfunction and I’d be Lost in Space...sorry couldn’t reist...: )
A small price to pay to arrange a one-way trip for some unmentionable individuals.
It’s a long way down.
If it comes with a space suit and a parachute, count me all in
...file under more money than brains.
What about the helium shortage?
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