The Next Frontier Of Space Tourism - Going To The Stratosphere In A Balloon

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Commercial space flight is becoming more and more common with companies including SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic all having flown paying customers into space over the last several years. But soon, those interested in seeing the earth from an unusual vantage point may have another option. A 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 experiences would not take passengers all the way into space, the start of which is generally accepted by the U.S. government to be around 80 km or around 50 miles above the earth’s surface. Still, the companies we spoke to 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. The rides would also be much smoother, avoiding the bone rattling experiences of rocket-powered space tourism.
A single trip would last about 6 hours and ticket prices range from $50,000/seat with World View to around $184,000/seat with Zephalto. All the stratospheric balloon companies we spoke to are still developing and testing their systems. Space Perspective and World View would not give CNBC an exact date for when they plan to begin commercial flights, but Zephalto said the company is aiming for 2025.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:27 The stratospheric experience
07:00 Stratospheric balloons
10:58 Regulation and safety
13:52 Road to commercial flights
Produced, Shot and Edited by: Magdalena Petrova
Additional Camera: Lisa Setyon
Animation: Jason Reginato, Emily Rabbideau
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Footage: NASA, Getty Images
Additional Sources:National Air and Space Museum, Federal Aviation Administration, Newspapers.com
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The Next Frontier Of Space Tourism - Going To The Stratosphere In A Balloon

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@JamaicanMeCrazy 17 күн бұрын

This is giving reverse oceangate vibes

@albear972 17 күн бұрын

That is just *exactly* what I was thinking. You beat me to the comment.

@ecognitio9605 17 күн бұрын

*POP* 😂

@HS-lt8eu 17 күн бұрын

Yup. The Titan Afloatable. In case of catastrophic decent passenger will have approx. 10 minutes before literally running out of air.

@q.heffner3612 17 күн бұрын

They NEVER learn🤣🤣🤣🤣

@balajimundhe6102 17 күн бұрын

u wont feel anything ..direct heaven in milisec ..

@bernardvezina-gagnon24 17 күн бұрын

OceanGate but Up

@yoursubconscious 17 күн бұрын

yep.

@ecognitio9605 17 күн бұрын

Looks like an interesting blockbuster sequel 😂

@urisingh1730 17 күн бұрын

They can deploy a parachute if something goes wrong. The technology is much better understood than the composite material used for OceanGate.

@cybertruck2008 17 күн бұрын

VacuumGate

@Pyrrhic. 17 күн бұрын

It’s probably easier to build a capsule going up with low pressure than it is going down with immense pressure. Yes or no? Someone let me know.

@user-tc2ky6fg2o 17 күн бұрын

9:10 "It is an extremely safe gas". I'm speechless!

@richardconway6425 16 күн бұрын

yes, because that statement is factually incorrect.

@luchacefox259 15 күн бұрын

Yeah they never saw the Heidenberg video. 😂

@user-tc2ky6fg2o 15 күн бұрын

@@luchacefox259 Everybody saw that.

@Hizsoo 15 күн бұрын

@@luchacefox259Hindenburg?

@zhengbq 17 күн бұрын

Bro, these companies are setting up some of the most Looney Tunes style disasters for the rich customers like the Titan sub. 🤣🤣🤣

@Hans-gb4mv 17 күн бұрын

Parachutes have been invented

@zhengbq 17 күн бұрын

@@Hans-gb4mv at that altitude, should anything go wrong, the passengers will instantly pass out due to the lack of oxygen or freeze into an icicle due to the extreme low temperature. When Felix Baumgartner, aka the Fearless Felix, jumped from 135000 feet back to the ground, he was in an air-tight fully pressurized suit that's similar to a space suit. He is also a professional skydiver and went through extensive training for that jump. A untrained person on a tourist ballon will die so quickly in this situation and parachute or not isn't gonna save him.

@regu6582 17 күн бұрын

@@Hans-gb4mv Good luck with that in shirt sleeves at 100k feet. LOL, I have sky dived under 10k and it is cold.

@Acteaon 17 күн бұрын

I say it let unfold.

@stevefink6000 16 күн бұрын

And they poo poo spacex for being overly expensive at 55 million, but deceptively dont say that its for actual orbit and to the ISS, also flash the headline not giving you time to read that its for 3 people! which is incredibly cheap!!!

@KhalidAlMazrouai 17 күн бұрын

Bad news for flat earthers

@Hizsoo 15 күн бұрын

Sure. Bring a group of influencers up to showcase the spheric earth.

@johnsmithe4656 12 күн бұрын

The curvature isn't that pronounced at 100k ft. You would really have to be much higher for it to be obvious. They're exaggerating here when they say you can see the curvature. And Flat Earthers might also argue that they are just seeing the "edge of the circle" or something. They're about as bright as Trumpies.

@RX-8GT 12 күн бұрын

@@johnsmithe4656yeah so why do they argue that you can see curvature on planes, even pilots stick with that story, I’m not a flat earther or spherical, really doesn’t matter to me, we’re still stuck in earth regardless

@johnsmithe4656 12 күн бұрын

@@RX-8GT First, most pilots aren't going up to 100k ft, they are going up to around 30k ft. Same as a passenger airliner. Second, I have talked with pilots and when the subject has come up they say that you need to be in LEO basically to see the curvature clearly. There are actually formulas you can plug numbers into and figure out what your horizon will be and whether you can see curvature from that altitude. It's math. You can do it if you really care. All I know is that the Earth is huge, and you have to get pretty much into Space (not 100k ft) before you can see the whole shebang.

@JanPeterson 12 күн бұрын

@@johnsmithe4656 SR-71 crews and U-2 pilots have said they could see the curvature of the earth at 80,000 and 70,000 ft respectively. These balloons are supposed to go to 100,000 ft. Also, I've seen video from amateur balloon flights to similar altitudes and you can definitely see the curvature. Here's an example: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icqXfbB728WZcYE.html

@Naveedsgarage 17 күн бұрын

I hear China is offering “See America” balloon flights

@BushMann731 15 күн бұрын

Hilarious! 😊

@Wildman-zh8lg 14 күн бұрын

Yep

@el_chilango2953 17 күн бұрын

This is gonna be interesting. Let’s wait for the Netflix documentary on what went wrong. 😅

@PanAfricanist1963 15 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@ryudious 11 күн бұрын

Aym? Planes are more dangerous

@vuldrae1638 17 күн бұрын

I think I'ma call this one Stratogate

@andrewdark3126 11 күн бұрын

Bahahahaha ! Thats solid Gold.

@josephcler3299 17 күн бұрын

That female spokesperson sounds a little sleazy. She states that hydrogen is so safe, even though it's highly flammable. Her stating balloons are perfectly safe is a little Disingenuous.

@mikakettunen7939 14 күн бұрын

I also got little bad omen vibes from her vibes - gut feel u know

@squibbelsmcjohnson 12 күн бұрын

They are, this isn't hindenburg times😂. Obviously nothing like this is 100% , but its really safe these days

@JanPeterson 12 күн бұрын

Keep in mind, the Hindenburg was coated with a super flammable skin. Most of the fire you see in the crash was not from the hydrogen, but from the diesel fuel... the burning hydrogen rose up into the air. The hydrogen only burned because it mixed with air (in these balloons, the hydrogen doesn't mix with the outside air). And even in the Hindenburg disaster, two thirds of the people survived. Oh, and the Hindenburg was not designed to use hydrogen... it was designed to use helium, but the United States refused to sell helium to the nazis so they had to switch to hydrogen. Had it been floated with helium, the disaster would not have happened at all. She does sound like she wants to hand wave away any dangers, though. All that said, it's still probably a lot safer than strapping yourself to a big tank of liquid methane and oxygen and lighting the candle.

@dwerg85 11 күн бұрын

You drive around in a device that propels itself by creating explosions siphoning a tank of a highly flammable accelerant. We call it perfectly safe all the time. This is not much different. Her arguments for not using Helium was the sleazy part.

@josephcler3299 10 күн бұрын

@dwerg85 That's not really the same thing is it, She is talking about a bag of hydrogen gas. Hydrogen will never be as safe as helium, but with helium, you do lose some of your lifting capability.

@thestork93 17 күн бұрын

At least Space Perspective knows their customers...... "a family sitting around the table.... we already went to antartica, safari, lets go to space".

@CausticLemons7 16 күн бұрын

I was thinking they could also cater to the privacy market. You could get a lot of isolation in one of these balloon capsules.

@elias_nif 15 күн бұрын

Michael Scott vibes 15:51

@squibbelsmcjohnson 12 күн бұрын

Yes. Rich people 😂

@JanPeterson 12 күн бұрын

In other words, not normal people.

@desperado914 17 күн бұрын

All tickets are one way only lol

@richardconway6425 16 күн бұрын

but .... but .... what goes up, must come down, surely ? 😨

@larissabulova3608 14 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@theredguy4845 17 күн бұрын

I like how they list all the vacation a family was on and bored of those, and yet most people can't even afford to go on vacation.

@SAMMIEJONESJUNIOR 16 күн бұрын

I am on my 4th vacation in 6 months.

@theredguy4845 16 күн бұрын

@@SAMMIEJONESJUNIOR That's why I said most.

@Nemesis_N4Sir 17 күн бұрын

Wealthy rich folks love to find a way to live life on the edge.

@vintageb8 14 күн бұрын

edge of space?

@GLGopher 17 күн бұрын

Gonna take my dog up there so he can pee and mark his territory as king dog.

@Repsol1krr 15 күн бұрын

Laika already beat him by almost 70 years yo

@EnduroEscapades 15 күн бұрын

My dog will fight your dog 😂

@MrHav1k 17 күн бұрын

"We've been to the Antarctic, we've gone on a Safari..." LMAO, who the hell is she talking about? Gotta be rich people because no remotely normal person has done or ever will do anything like that!!

@erwina4738 17 күн бұрын

You don’t need to be rich to go on a safari or Antarctica

@martinebon4333 16 күн бұрын

@@erwina4738 oh boy, only upper middle class can afford to go to these places. A trip to Antarctica costs $15,000 minimum. A safari would be more affordable with $6000. Any regular middle class cannot afford these holidays especially with the cost of living now.

@erwina4738 16 күн бұрын

@@martinebon4333 True mostly upper middle class, BUT middle class too if they have savings, and built up assets such as a stock/crypto/bond portfolio. It just depends on their financial situation. But in regards to OP, normal people are upper middle class too lol

@shawyonsharifi3394 16 күн бұрын

@@martinebon4333I’m what I consider to be fairly normal and plan to be doing a Safari vacation next summer.

@dandyND 14 күн бұрын

but she's right, that's the target audience for space tourism. No normal people is gonna be taking a holiday in space anytime soon

@sheshan88 17 күн бұрын

$50,000/ride ...... Nah!.you can keep your balloons.😅

@WoodDuckProductions 17 күн бұрын

“We’d be using 1/3 of a % of the global helium supply” So 1/300th of the total helium supply. Seems rather substantial for a single company just starting out. What if this becomes more popular. That’s a lot of helium

@shmookins 16 күн бұрын

Does that mean 300 flights and we're done? No more helium?

@WaynerTheGamer 16 күн бұрын

If only retanking the helium was high priority to them too.

@JeromeCallas 15 күн бұрын

We all jokin with the risk and you go and make an actually important point... What's ya priblem?...

@davidanalyst671 14 күн бұрын

total helium supply. Now use your brain for two seconds, and ask. if they use more helium, and the price goes up, what happens to the total supply of helium

@CharlesGrantDiscGolf 13 күн бұрын

Nah, as long as the material doesn’t seep out of the balloon some how the helium is totally reusable and can be re compressed into a canister again and again.

@lght5548 16 күн бұрын

Hey honey, I have an idea. Let's take that 3/4 of a mil we have stashed in the cookie jar for this year's vacation and take the kids on a space balloon ride for a few hours!!!😂

@russell7489 15 күн бұрын

When you have 100's of millions,, billions, this isn't even paper clip money, loose change in the couch money, a wedding even.

@xrismanessa3993 12 күн бұрын

Even tho I feel like this is a Oceangate thing waiting to happen. Your post is like you are some1 who won a million dollars then you go and buy a million dollar car and later to complain about how expensive it is to service it.

@GadZookz 17 күн бұрын

This looks like more fun than a 3 minute ride to the edge of space even without the minute of weightlessness.

@DrBeauHightower 16 күн бұрын

What could go wrong 😂

@JorgeGomez-ne7sc 17 күн бұрын

We need flat earthers to ride to ride the balloon.

@Traderjoe 15 күн бұрын

We are already in space. We are on a big rock orbing the sun, in space.

@Wildman-zh8lg 14 күн бұрын

Our planet is in space. But life on earth is not because our atmosphere does not allow space to enter

@Libertaro-i2u 8 күн бұрын

Technically, we are in space already, just stuck on a single planet. But in common and legal parlance, "space" is anything and anywhere beyond Earth, at a minimum of 100 kilometers up.

@NerdyShawn 17 күн бұрын

Steer the balloon with a MadCatz controller?

@hugh_jasso 11 күн бұрын

Of these companies, the spokesperson for the helium balloon seems the most honest

@TheTeaParty320 17 күн бұрын

Soumds like another venture in the footsteps Stockton “The Titanic” Rush.

@oscarsands1237 17 күн бұрын

oceangate = sky gate

@josepastora4154 17 күн бұрын

This is a great idea and toyally safe, I don't see how this could go wrong at all, this will work perfectly, it's not like the balloon could burst accidentaly sending its passangers to their deaths, or the onboard systems could fail and have the passangers float away into outer space, or the balloon coiuld burst into flames and incinerate everything, it's not like any of that could happen at all, at, all, this will just work. End sarcasm.

@gxguy2906 17 күн бұрын

If it doesn't control by an Xbox controller then I'm not riding it!

@AfricanWifeinPakistan 16 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@iamcbride 15 күн бұрын

It actually uses MadCatz for even more savings!

@mikakettunen7939 14 күн бұрын

with bluetooth/wifi connection

@thesimplicitylifestyle 17 күн бұрын

Balloon to the stratosphere, then a space hook to low earth orbit, then a starship to a Lagrange point. 😎🤖

@ItsMeHammie 17 күн бұрын

I can't wait to join the 15 mile high club

@nickwinn 16 күн бұрын

Helium is a limited rare resource and shouldn't be used for pointless trip.

@sheshan88 17 күн бұрын

Pressurized chamber and tourism gives me bad vibes.😢

@raydeemed 16 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂 titanium carbon fiber hull😂😂😂

@tylercooper1551 17 күн бұрын

I would give anything to be able to experience the beauty and emptiness of outerspace

@James-sz2hr 17 күн бұрын

So 100,000 ft with balloons is now space travel. 🤣

@xx_Joker_xx 17 күн бұрын

We used to call it an accident.

@Dan-ms4ln 17 күн бұрын

You can't go any further than that because there is no space

@xx_Joker_xx 17 күн бұрын

@@Dan-ms4ln seriously dude, put the pipe down.

@Kemulnitestryker 15 күн бұрын

100,000 ft has been the standard for being considered Space for decades. Look at the X-15 program and how many of those pilots are considered to be astronauts because of the altitudes they achieved during their test flights.

@mattbosley3531 15 күн бұрын

@@Dan-ms4ln Actually you can. NASA has sent balloons as high as 160,000 feet but that's considered about the upper limit for a balloon. And you can't go higher because there's not enough atmospheric pressure to keep the helium inside the balloon. It would pop.

@SurfingFLA 15 күн бұрын

At first I thought this story was full of hot air, but now I see it as very uplifting.

@MilkyTiger6 17 күн бұрын

I wish I had the problem of having visited too many places around the world the only option is space. Its hard to find the time and money to just travel out of state. Some people really have too much time and money.

@sirlevis7869 11 күн бұрын

Exactly! 😂.. bruh I’m still exploring this world. This shows there groups of people living a wayy different thrill life to most people and this is a stretching it.

@MilkyTiger6 5 күн бұрын

@@sirlevis7869 Definitely. The wealth gap is huge now.

@rainerzufall9881 17 күн бұрын

15:49 totally relatable thought for all the average earners in times of rising living costs.

@ashantedula5696 16 күн бұрын

Right $100k vacation on the low end for a family of 4

@sn350channel 17 күн бұрын

Imagine it just keeps getting further and further away from earth, until it pops and just floating in space.

@yoursubconscious 17 күн бұрын

i wanna "like" this, but that is super sad 😮.

@FakeReal007 17 күн бұрын

Sigh. That's not how science works. The ballon and capsule will never raise high enough to reach orbit or space. Otherwise we wouldn't need rockets to launch satellites or go to the ISS. Think!

@pokene_pokemon 17 күн бұрын

Flat earthers will not cope

@TreePruner150 17 күн бұрын

Bad idea - motion sickness from rocking back and forth.

@TravelBySea 17 күн бұрын

3:53 "outside the capsule its essentially a vacuum" Ok, that's exaggerated. They realize that balloons don't work well in vacuum, right? Sounds like some salesmanship here. Not really a vacuum, not really space imo.

@nikhilkkannur 13 күн бұрын

These companies are like theranos, what pathetic is news media promotes them without doing any actual journalism.

@JanPeterson 12 күн бұрын

Pretty obvious she's in marketing, not R&D/Engineering.

@OUTEOS 8 күн бұрын

'these experiences are highly hyperthetical'

@maximusdecimusmeridius5438 16 күн бұрын

Sounds kinda cool

@bobsinhav 14 күн бұрын

Income inequality in future: + Lower middle class vacations in these balloons + Middle middle class vacations in the low earth orbit stations + Upper middle class vacations on the moon + Rich vacation on Mars

@billypham3810 17 күн бұрын

You’re not a spaceship. You’re a balloon.

@cybergothika6906 5 күн бұрын

Aliens must be thinking ''look at those fools, we're here with anti-gravity and they're still using gas to float around, hahaha"

@chapelknight951 17 күн бұрын

This is amazing, butI'll stay in the troposphere.

@chrishan9138 16 күн бұрын

Looks like an awesome experience at a relatively low price. If they can deliver on the vision.

@user-tx9zg5mz5p 17 күн бұрын

You ride it first, bro😂

@guardianoffire8814 17 күн бұрын

As long as its rich people going on these rides. Its all good.

@brynjolfureinarsson6038 8 күн бұрын

If you spend your money in this you’re not rich, being rich and being wealthy are two different things

@vsznry 15 күн бұрын

Wonka's Glass Elevator. What if someone pops the ballon? What contingencies are there for a Fall? 13:00 well, I hope those parachutes are strong AF. War will come to space too.

@Jahguaar 14 күн бұрын

Knowledge supports growth.

@uzomaihebom9512 17 күн бұрын

I'm curious, what if wind blew the balloon to black hole or another planet

@jaymac7203 3 күн бұрын

How many flat earthers can you fit inside it? 😭😭 lol 😂

@auro1986 17 күн бұрын

in 6 hours what if winds drag balloon to some other country and they shoot holes in it?

@GyanPrakash 15 күн бұрын

Imploding in Water or Exploding in Space, choose wisely! We are not ready for stuff like these, for Now at least.

@douglassun8456 10 күн бұрын

I'd put it on my bucket list. Going up into the stratosphere in a huge balloon is much safer than thinking you can go to the bottom of the ocean in a carbon-fiber submersible. The only problem that I see is that helium is surprisingly hard to find on Earth.

@somedayitsgonnamakesense 17 күн бұрын

does it have a PS4 controller as well?

@PinstripePride85 2 күн бұрын

Yeah and a submarine down to the titanic sounded like a good idea too 😳

@diegoX6Turbo 17 күн бұрын

I have a name for the capsule..... "Ingenuity"

@meskahmusic 15 күн бұрын

Flat earthers having sweats

@mountainjeff 9 күн бұрын

Why not? Other things on my bucket list, but this ... Why not? Ever go up the CN Tower? That elevator ride is awesome. Even flying in a hot air balloon is a unique experience, I've been told.

@adamlunn3071 13 күн бұрын

“We’re using helicopter standards.” How many helicopters can fly at 100,000 feet?

@chubbydiaries1 15 күн бұрын

I will ride this one day

@havocisomegathegigaddiappl9560 15 күн бұрын

I'ma play devil's advocate 😮😂....so what happens when a micro meteor punches thru a plastic balloon

@wrstaats5407 17 күн бұрын

I can't wait!

@Soulessdeeds 14 күн бұрын

Can't wait for the CGI videos on KZfaq explaining what happens to the human body in a ball once it falls from space to the ground. The OceanGate ones were pretty graphic at times.

@PeeTree-bx6lp 16 күн бұрын

I would love this

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@dandyND 14 күн бұрын

kinda surprising the amount of negative comments on this topic. This has to be one of the most exciting news lately, who wouldn't want to experience space? I'm hoping this will caught on and become more affordable, maybe I could be in the stratosphere once before I'm gone

@wussrestbrook1200 14 күн бұрын

These people would be mad at someone going to the moon in 69

@DiGreatDestroyer 12 күн бұрын

For real, this is so exciting!

@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 12 күн бұрын

Someone gets on with a staticky sweater, aand it's *[boom!]* "Oh, the humanity!"

@ANIMATION_YT520 17 күн бұрын

Wow this bold😂, dam but imagine being in space

@emirzarfan133 17 күн бұрын

its ok you dont fall up,you fall down 🤣

@navi6341 17 күн бұрын

Let's start with all the flat earth believers 😂

@Kbarboza94 11 күн бұрын

“We’ll be flying our full spacecraft in uh just shortly” …that’s a pod and a hot air balloon.

@Slayceos 17 күн бұрын

This is a perfect opportunity for flat earthers to try forced skydiving

@ahmedzakikhan7639 17 күн бұрын

What if they still see it's flat ?

@Slayceos 16 күн бұрын

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 they won't

@sunalwaysshinesonTVs 17 күн бұрын

I see a new Stockton Rush business model for billionaire tourism, and if us plebs are fortunate, with the same outcomes. What do you call giant spaceflight pod with like 2000 billionaires on board that crashes? It's the old lawyer joke punch line, "A good start".

@halleradam 17 күн бұрын

Helium is in short supply. Sad to see our resources wasted.

@ecoideazventures6417 15 күн бұрын

Hey, would space tourism be the ideal medicine to treat flat earthers?

@EnduroEscapades 15 күн бұрын

As if ocean gate wasn’t enough…. I sure hope this has a better ending.

@dj2000lbs 15 күн бұрын

The need private beds for some space loving ❤❤❤ The stratosphere club

@agoodplumber 13 күн бұрын

darpa probably laughs at all the kids playing with balloons.

@HappeningKorea 17 күн бұрын

Hello !! 👋👋 haha Thank you. 😀😀

@VXDRG 17 күн бұрын

Damn these people crazy.

@rendermanpro 10 күн бұрын

- Wind... - Wind? Never heard about it...

@davids9027 10 күн бұрын

You provided good coverage of this start-up venture. It was definitely a cheap shot on the part of CNBC to include movies of the Hindenburg burning in an apparent effort to dissuade potential customers from using services of competitors who use hydrogen.

@urbanstrencan 15 күн бұрын

Wondering when we will actually see first space tourist 😊❤

@stevebeschakis9775 17 күн бұрын

Cool. Sign me up.

@rendermanpro 10 күн бұрын

There are two tickets: $100 to fly up to the Space, and $49,900 to get you back 🤣 "with bathroom on board"......

@BurntKittyForge-pl8ol 14 күн бұрын

no accident in 20 years and it has parachutes ...they say it's much safer than missile rides

@AlanSito-md2ji 3 күн бұрын

One day we all gonna live in stratosphere

@EmiliosFather 17 күн бұрын

I don’t believe it. How can the lie of living on a ball continue if there’s a business that does this?!

@mbc9290 9 күн бұрын

Better get that QC department on platinum level status and above and beyond!!!

@JM-hz9og 17 күн бұрын

What if something hits the balloon? Will the people go bye bye

@kenneybis1097 10 күн бұрын

These capsules are really very cool, they're engineered and manufactured by Weyland Industries.

@jiggilowjow 9 күн бұрын

i think everyone should have to do this, we need to see how small we al our anf how from up there there are no borders and we should realize we all share this beautiful rock

@misganake 17 күн бұрын

Now you just need the FAA to stop messing up all of these flight paterns so one of these ballons doesnt get intercepted during takeoff :D

@russell7489 15 күн бұрын

Actually to cut costs so we can not tax the rich any more than a street sweeper, FAA went to point to point air traffic control, this lets planes go wherever they want all over the sky, creating a safe zone for ballon to go up and land isn't like in the old days when most flights were in corridors. As planes will need to avoid an area 100's of miles across since these are uncontrolled flights subject to stratospheric winds easily over 50 mph, and last all day, 1,000's of commercial jet liners and their 10,000's of customers are going to face longer flight times, which will no doubt be a surprise to virtually all of them. Sorry folks our flight time today will include and extra 20 mins so all of you w family, car service waiting, all of you racing to a meeting, you in 15l with the new heart for that poor kid, hope everyone can handle the wait. Got to keep it in perspective, we can't expect a dozen of our most important top percent to miss blowing an employees entire annual salary on a joy ride to the stratosphere can we.

@jlmwatchman 15 күн бұрын

The Balloons don’t get as high as orbit, but you can see the curvature of the Earth. There are no Gs to push you back in your seat on the way to the Stratosphere, but when you get there, it is as dark as Outerspace. I wonder when someone will try to launch into space from balloons in the Stratosphere. I wrote a book where a family took a plane to an orbital launch mount held by blimps where a Space Jet took them to The Moon and to Mars…