Published 18:31 IST, June 19th 2020

Space Perspective company is all set to give tourists balloon rides into the stratosphere

The company Space Perspective is all set to give balloon ride to tourists on the Spaceship Neptune capsule attached to a hydrogen-filled balloon. Read.

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While world still awaits invention of ‘flying cars’ on Earth, astromy industry is all set to send people to in balloon capsules. se wonderful tourist-based capsules are designed by a new company named Perspective. company wants to send paying customers and even research paylos to stratosphere, and this will be possible because of ship Neptune.

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Perspective's founder and co-CEO Jane Poynter shared that company is committed to change access of people towards , as per a leing news site. Jane shared that this will also facilitate research that will benefit life on Earth and make people’s connection with it stronger. Here a picture from official site of Perspective of how it will possibly look like:

(Source:  Perspective)

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ship Neptune capsule might be able to accommodate one pilot along with eight passengers. Like any or luxurious flights, it also has a bar, bathroom, and huge windows which give m a direct look at Earth. craft will be launching from old Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Center (KSC) on Florida's Coast. ship will move over Atlantic Ocean during winters and Gulf of Mexico during summer, as per prevailing winds.

maximum altitude of ship Neptune will be about 100,000 feet (30,000 meters). It will be pulled gently urds by a 650-foot-tall (200 m) balloon filled with buoyant hydrogen. It will be spending two hours in stratosphere, which will be above 99% of Earth's atmosphere. It will n take two hours to come back down. This means balloon ride will be a total of six hours. ship Neptune will be taken out of sea with help of a boat. capsule is reusable while balloon will be changed for each mission.

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(Source:  Perspective)

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Price of ticket to

While Perspective has t finalised price, it might approximately sell for around $125,000 initially. It is half of ride aboard Virgin Galactic's suborbital ShipTwo plane. price is high and thus n-profit for Humanity has taken up Citizen Astronaut Program and will thus pay for flights for passengers who will be working as ambassors after y return to Earth.

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Perspective is also working with NASA to use test facilities at KSC and get expertise like wind and trajectory analysis. Perspective has signed a lease agreement with Florida. It operates old Shuttle Landing Facility and associated sites under an agreement with NASA.

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18:30 IST, June 19th 2020