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
@JamaicanMeCrazy 21 күн бұрын
This is giving reverse oceangate vibes
@albear972
@albear972 21 күн бұрын
That is just *exactly* what I was thinking. You beat me to the comment.
@ecognitio9605
@ecognitio9605 21 күн бұрын
*POP* 😂
@HS-lt8eu
@HS-lt8eu 21 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
@q.heffner3612 21 күн бұрын
They NEVER learn🤣🤣🤣🤣
@balajimundhe6102
@balajimundhe6102 21 күн бұрын
u wont feel anything ..direct heaven in milisec ..
@bernardvezina-gagnon24
@bernardvezina-gagnon24 21 күн бұрын
OceanGate but Up
@yoursubconscious
@yoursubconscious 21 күн бұрын
yep.
@ecognitio9605
@ecognitio9605 21 күн бұрын
Looks like an interesting blockbuster sequel 😂
@urisingh1730
@urisingh1730 21 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
@cybertruck2008 20 күн бұрын
VacuumGate
@Pyrrhic.
@Pyrrhic. 20 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.
@zhengbq
@zhengbq 21 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
@Hans-gb4mv 21 күн бұрын
Parachutes have been invented
@zhengbq
@zhengbq 21 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
@regu6582 21 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
@Acteaon 20 күн бұрын
I say it let unfold.
@stevefink6000
@stevefink6000 19 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!!!
@Naveedsgarage
@Naveedsgarage 20 күн бұрын
I hear China is offering “See America” balloon flights
@BushMann731
@BushMann731 18 күн бұрын
Hilarious! 😊
@Wildman-zh8lg
@Wildman-zh8lg 17 күн бұрын
Yep
@user-tc2ky6fg2o
@user-tc2ky6fg2o 20 күн бұрын
9:10 "It is an extremely safe gas". I'm speechless!
@richardconway6425
@richardconway6425 19 күн бұрын
yes, because that statement is factually incorrect.
@luchacefox259
@luchacefox259 18 күн бұрын
Yeah they never saw the Heidenberg video. 😂
@user-tc2ky6fg2o
@user-tc2ky6fg2o 18 күн бұрын
​@@luchacefox259 Everybody saw that.
@Hizsoo
@Hizsoo 18 күн бұрын
​@@luchacefox259Hindenburg?
@jaishemajames4554
@jaishemajames4554 2 күн бұрын
​@@Hizsooairship explosion from hydrogen/ static ...early history of airships
@KhalidAlMazrouai
@KhalidAlMazrouai 20 күн бұрын
Bad news for flat earthers
@Hizsoo
@Hizsoo 18 күн бұрын
Sure. Bring a group of influencers up to showcase the spheric earth.
@johnsmithe4656
@johnsmithe4656 16 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
@RX-8GT 16 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
@johnsmithe4656 16 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
@JanPeterson 15 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
@vuldrae1638
@vuldrae1638 21 күн бұрын
I think I'ma call this one Stratogate
@andrewdark3126
@andrewdark3126 14 күн бұрын
Bahahahaha ! Thats solid Gold.
@josephcler3299
@josephcler3299 20 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
@mikakettunen7939 18 күн бұрын
I also got little bad omen vibes from her vibes - gut feel u know
@squibbelsmcjohnson
@squibbelsmcjohnson 15 күн бұрын
They are, this isn't hindenburg times😂. Obviously nothing like this is 100% , but its really safe these days
@JanPeterson
@JanPeterson 15 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
@dwerg85 15 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
@josephcler3299 14 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.
@desperado914
@desperado914 21 күн бұрын
All tickets are one way only lol
@richardconway6425
@richardconway6425 19 күн бұрын
but .... but .... what goes up, must come down, surely ? 😨
@larissabulova3608
@larissabulova3608 18 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@el_chilango2953
@el_chilango2953 20 күн бұрын
This is gonna be interesting. Let’s wait for the Netflix documentary on what went wrong. 😅
@PanAfricanist1963
@PanAfricanist1963 18 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@ryudious
@ryudious 14 күн бұрын
Aym? Planes are more dangerous
@thestork93
@thestork93 21 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
@CausticLemons7 19 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
@elias_nif 19 күн бұрын
Michael Scott vibes 15:51
@squibbelsmcjohnson
@squibbelsmcjohnson 15 күн бұрын
Yes. Rich people 😂
@JanPeterson
@JanPeterson 15 күн бұрын
In other words, not normal people.
@theredguy4845
@theredguy4845 20 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
@SAMMIEJONESJUNIOR 19 күн бұрын
I am on my 4th vacation in 6 months.
@theredguy4845
@theredguy4845 19 күн бұрын
@@SAMMIEJONESJUNIOR That's why I said most.
@Nemesis_N4Sir
@Nemesis_N4Sir 21 күн бұрын
Wealthy rich folks love to find a way to live life on the edge.
@vintageb8
@vintageb8 17 күн бұрын
edge of space?
@MrHav1k
@MrHav1k 20 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
@erwina4738 20 күн бұрын
You don’t need to be rich to go on a safari or Antarctica
@martinebon4333
@martinebon4333 20 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
@erwina4738 20 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
@shawyonsharifi3394 20 күн бұрын
@@martinebon4333I’m what I consider to be fairly normal and plan to be doing a Safari vacation next summer.
@dandyND
@dandyND 18 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
@GLGopher
@GLGopher 21 күн бұрын
Gonna take my dog up there so he can pee and mark his territory as king dog.
@Repsol1krr
@Repsol1krr 19 күн бұрын
Laika already beat him by almost 70 years yo
@EnduroEscapades
@EnduroEscapades 18 күн бұрын
My dog will fight your dog 😂
@sheshan88
@sheshan88 21 күн бұрын
$50,000/ride ...... Nah!.you can keep your balloons.😅
@WoodDuckProductions
@WoodDuckProductions 21 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
@shmookins 20 күн бұрын
Does that mean 300 flights and we're done? No more helium?
@WaynerTheGamer
@WaynerTheGamer 19 күн бұрын
If only retanking the helium was high priority to them too.
@JeromeCallas
@JeromeCallas 19 күн бұрын
We all jokin with the risk and you go and make an actually important point... What's ya priblem?...
@davidanalyst671
@davidanalyst671 18 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
@CharlesGrantDiscGolf 17 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.
@DrBeauHightower
@DrBeauHightower 19 күн бұрын
What could go wrong 😂
@lght5548
@lght5548 19 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
@russell7489 19 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
@xrismanessa3993 16 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.
@Traderjoe
@Traderjoe 19 күн бұрын
We are already in space. We are on a big rock orbing the sun, in space.
@Wildman-zh8lg
@Wildman-zh8lg 17 күн бұрын
Our planet is in space. But life on earth is not because our atmosphere does not allow space to enter
@Libertaro-i2u
@Libertaro-i2u 11 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.
@GadZookz
@GadZookz 21 күн бұрын
This looks like more fun than a 3 minute ride to the edge of space even without the minute of weightlessness.
@NerdyShawn
@NerdyShawn 21 күн бұрын
Steer the balloon with a MadCatz controller?
@sheshan88
@sheshan88 21 күн бұрын
Pressurized chamber and tourism gives me bad vibes.😢
@raydeemed
@raydeemed 19 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂 titanium carbon fiber hull😂😂😂
@oscarsands1237
@oscarsands1237 20 күн бұрын
oceangate = sky gate
@James-sz2hr
@James-sz2hr 21 күн бұрын
So 100,000 ft with balloons is now space travel. 🤣
@xx_Joker_xx
@xx_Joker_xx 20 күн бұрын
We used to call it an accident.
@Dan-ms4ln
@Dan-ms4ln 20 күн бұрын
You can't go any further than that because there is no space
@xx_Joker_xx
@xx_Joker_xx 20 күн бұрын
@@Dan-ms4ln seriously dude, put the pipe down.
@Kemulnitestryker
@Kemulnitestryker 19 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
@mattbosley3531 18 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.
@TheTeaParty320
@TheTeaParty320 21 күн бұрын
Soumds like another venture in the footsteps Stockton “The Titanic” Rush.
@josepastora4154
@josepastora4154 21 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
@gxguy2906 21 күн бұрын
If it doesn't control by an Xbox controller then I'm not riding it!
@AfricanWifeinPakistan
@AfricanWifeinPakistan 19 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@iamcbride
@iamcbride 18 күн бұрын
It actually uses MadCatz for even more savings!
@mikakettunen7939
@mikakettunen7939 18 күн бұрын
with bluetooth/wifi connection
@ItsMeHammie
@ItsMeHammie 20 күн бұрын
I can't wait to join the 15 mile high club
@maximusdecimusmeridius5438
@maximusdecimusmeridius5438 20 күн бұрын
Sounds kinda cool
@thesimplicitylifestyle
@thesimplicitylifestyle 21 күн бұрын
Balloon to the stratosphere, then a space hook to low earth orbit, then a starship to a Lagrange point. 😎🤖
@hugh_jasso
@hugh_jasso 15 күн бұрын
Of these companies, the spokesperson for the helium balloon seems the most honest
@MilkyTiger6
@MilkyTiger6 21 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
@sirlevis7869 14 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
@MilkyTiger6 8 күн бұрын
@@sirlevis7869 Definitely. The wealth gap is huge now.
@nickwinn
@nickwinn 20 күн бұрын
Helium is a limited rare resource and shouldn't be used for pointless trip.
@tylercooper1551
@tylercooper1551 20 күн бұрын
I would give anything to be able to experience the beauty and emptiness of outerspace
@JorgeGomez-ne7sc
@JorgeGomez-ne7sc 20 күн бұрын
We need flat earthers to ride to ride the balloon.
@TreePruner150
@TreePruner150 20 күн бұрын
Bad idea - motion sickness from rocking back and forth.
@pokene_pokemon
@pokene_pokemon 21 күн бұрын
Flat earthers will not cope
@rainerzufall9881
@rainerzufall9881 21 күн бұрын
15:49 totally relatable thought for all the average earners in times of rising living costs.
@ashantedula5696
@ashantedula5696 20 күн бұрын
Right $100k vacation on the low end for a family of 4
@SurfingFLA
@SurfingFLA 18 күн бұрын
At first I thought this story was full of hot air, but now I see it as very uplifting.
@billypham3810
@billypham3810 21 күн бұрын
You’re not a spaceship. You’re a balloon.
@sn350channel
@sn350channel 21 күн бұрын
Imagine it just keeps getting further and further away from earth, until it pops and just floating in space.
@yoursubconscious
@yoursubconscious 21 күн бұрын
i wanna "like" this, but that is super sad 😮.
@FakeReal007
@FakeReal007 21 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!
@vsznry
@vsznry 19 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.
@auro1986
@auro1986 21 күн бұрын
in 6 hours what if winds drag balloon to some other country and they shoot holes in it?
@TravelBySea
@TravelBySea 20 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
@nikhilkkannur 17 күн бұрын
These companies are like theranos, what pathetic is news media promotes them without doing any actual journalism.
@JanPeterson
@JanPeterson 15 күн бұрын
Pretty obvious she's in marketing, not R&D/Engineering.
@OUTEOS
@OUTEOS 11 күн бұрын
'these experiences are highly hyperthetical'
@Slayceos
@Slayceos 21 күн бұрын
This is a perfect opportunity for flat earthers to try forced skydiving
@ahmedzakikhan7639
@ahmedzakikhan7639 20 күн бұрын
What if they still see it's flat ?
@Slayceos
@Slayceos 20 күн бұрын
@@ahmedzakikhan7639 they won't
@chapelknight951
@chapelknight951 21 күн бұрын
This is amazing, butI'll stay in the troposphere.
@somedayitsgonnamakesense
@somedayitsgonnamakesense 20 күн бұрын
does it have a PS4 controller as well?
@user-tx9zg5mz5p
@user-tx9zg5mz5p 20 күн бұрын
You ride it first, bro😂
@uzomaihebom9512
@uzomaihebom9512 21 күн бұрын
I'm curious, what if wind blew the balloon to black hole or another planet
@chrishan9138
@chrishan9138 20 күн бұрын
Looks like an awesome experience at a relatively low price. If they can deliver on the vision.
@guardianoffire8814
@guardianoffire8814 21 күн бұрын
As long as its rich people going on these rides. Its all good.
@brynjolfureinarsson6038
@brynjolfureinarsson6038 11 күн бұрын
If you spend your money in this you’re not rich, being rich and being wealthy are two different things
@diegoX6Turbo
@diegoX6Turbo 20 күн бұрын
I have a name for the capsule..... "Ingenuity"
@sunalwaysshinesonTVs
@sunalwaysshinesonTVs 20 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".
@meskahmusic
@meskahmusic 18 күн бұрын
Flat earthers having sweats
@bobsinhav
@bobsinhav 17 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
@BurntKittyForge-pl8ol
@BurntKittyForge-pl8ol 18 күн бұрын
no accident in 20 years and it has parachutes ...they say it's much safer than missile rides
@halleradam
@halleradam 20 күн бұрын
Helium is in short supply. Sad to see our resources wasted.
@jaymac7203
@jaymac7203 7 күн бұрын
How many flat earthers can you fit inside it? 😭😭 lol 😂
@ANIMATION_YT520
@ANIMATION_YT520 21 күн бұрын
Wow this bold😂, dam but imagine being in space
@havocisomegathegigaddiappl9560
@havocisomegathegigaddiappl9560 18 күн бұрын
I'ma play devil's advocate 😮😂....so what happens when a micro meteor punches thru a plastic balloon
@EmiliosFather
@EmiliosFather 20 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?!
@emirzarfan133
@emirzarfan133 20 күн бұрын
its ok you dont fall up,you fall down 🤣
@Kbarboza94
@Kbarboza94 14 күн бұрын
“We’ll be flying our full spacecraft in uh just shortly” …that’s a pod and a hot air balloon.
@Jonesingforever
@Jonesingforever 20 күн бұрын
How do they plan on landing it? Or retrieving it wherever it comes down?
@Wildman-zh8lg
@Wildman-zh8lg 17 күн бұрын
Same way you land other hot air balloons
@EnduroEscapades
@EnduroEscapades 18 күн бұрын
As if ocean gate wasn’t enough…. I sure hope this has a better ending.
@chubbydiaries1
@chubbydiaries1 18 күн бұрын
I will ride this one day
@adamlunn3071
@adamlunn3071 16 күн бұрын
“We’re using helicopter standards.” How many helicopters can fly at 100,000 feet?
@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 15 күн бұрын
Someone gets on with a staticky sweater, aand it's *[boom!]* "Oh, the humanity!"
@HauteHorizon
@HauteHorizon 21 күн бұрын
What happens if you accidentally hit the moon?
@gabel.3579
@gabel.3579 20 күн бұрын
You would just take a bite out of it since it’s made up of cheese
@AfricanWifeinPakistan
@AfricanWifeinPakistan 19 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@VXDRG
@VXDRG 21 күн бұрын
Damn these people crazy.
@utrend.
@utrend. 18 күн бұрын
reverse oceangate vibes...
@stevebeschakis9775
@stevebeschakis9775 20 күн бұрын
Cool. Sign me up.
@JawadAli-c4r
@JawadAli-c4r 14 күн бұрын
Would a fin stabilizer help with control ? This is in reference to initial release.
@JM-hz9og
@JM-hz9og 21 күн бұрын
What if something hits the balloon? Will the people go bye bye
@misganake
@misganake 20 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
@russell7489 19 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.
@wrstaats5407
@wrstaats5407 20 күн бұрын
I can't wait!
@chiefgangmusic
@chiefgangmusic 10 күн бұрын
Wait, so is the hull made of carbon fiber?
@GyanPrakash
@GyanPrakash 19 күн бұрын
Imploding in Water or Exploding in Space, choose wisely! We are not ready for stuff like these, for Now at least.
@navi6341
@navi6341 21 күн бұрын
Let's start with all the flat earth believers 😂
@SeptemberMeadows
@SeptemberMeadows 21 күн бұрын
I'd want to be able to be suited up to jump back down 😃👨‍🚀🪂
@agoodplumber
@agoodplumber 17 күн бұрын
darpa probably laughs at all the kids playing with balloons.
@douglassun8456
@douglassun8456 14 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.
@dondrap513
@dondrap513 20 күн бұрын
Helium isn't going to be an option in a decade or so. It can't be manufactured, and it's running out.
@PinstripePride85
@PinstripePride85 5 күн бұрын
Yeah and a submarine down to the titanic sounded like a good idea too 😳
@jlmwatchman
@jlmwatchman 18 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…
@nicolafiorelli1319
@nicolafiorelli1319 17 күн бұрын
couldn’t this be used with a tether as a quasi-space elevator?
@KJJ782
@KJJ782 20 күн бұрын
Sounds like something Stockton rush would build. Any takers for tickets, I can see it now, one of those damm things drop
@larryscott3982
@larryscott3982 19 күн бұрын
Zero pressure but can lift 10,000 lb. Hmmm… how’s that work?
@sundragon7703
@sundragon7703 18 күн бұрын
I dunno about this. The winds aloft are not gentle. The gondola does not appear to have a propulsion system for maneuvering in the horizontal plane. So, how does the balloon stay out of lanes used by airliners or military operations areas (MOA) or prohibited areas?
@wilmaterna4667
@wilmaterna4667 20 күн бұрын
tourists??? roflmao u mean rich ppl right?
@globalautobahn1132
@globalautobahn1132 21 күн бұрын
Yeah, without wings or a parachute to back it up I am not doing that
@KevinSmith-qi5yn
@KevinSmith-qi5yn 20 күн бұрын
They have a parachute. But... the Hydrogen people. Just asking for a disaster. Helium guy who was like we want to do a few more years of testing before manned missions even tested hydrogen, but it went boom.
@urbanstrencan
@urbanstrencan 18 күн бұрын
Wondering when we will actually see first space tourist 😊❤
@andresmith3308
@andresmith3308 17 күн бұрын
Just one question how do you get back to the landing area and will it have a backup parachute. And what if it lands back on mountain area slamming against cliff face in strong winds of it does loose control. Make video on what safety features and rescue plans you have in place then you might more interested people.
@rmoacreyzeus
@rmoacreyzeus 20 күн бұрын
Would the be like a space wind? That would be a very scary height for a balloon flight ..😮
@rendermanpro
@rendermanpro 13 күн бұрын
- Wind... - Wind? Never heard about it...
@gregchapman6056
@gregchapman6056 20 күн бұрын
Yeh i would go down and look at the titanic, is that still going
@mcchristenson
@mcchristenson 21 күн бұрын
Much more practical then taking a rocket to space. There isn't a market for going to space by rocket to make it profitable. That industry is going to die.
@skatetoexplorevideos2477
@skatetoexplorevideos2477 17 күн бұрын
Imagine if it snaps and falls.
@mountainjeff
@mountainjeff 13 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.
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