The Next Frontier Of Space Tourism — Going To The Stratosphere In A Balloon
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Publicado 2024-07-10
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
Todos los comentarios (21)
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This is giving reverse oceangate vibes
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Bro, these companies are setting up some of the most Looney Tunes style disasters for the rich customers like the Titan sub. 🤣🤣🤣
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9:10 "It is an extremely safe gas". I'm speechless!
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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.
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OceanGate but Up
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Bad news for flat earthers
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I think I'ma call this one Stratogate
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I hear China is offering “See America” balloon flights
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This is gonna be interesting. Let’s wait for the Netflix documentary on what went wrong. 😅
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At least Space Perspective knows their customers...... "a family sitting around the table.... we already went to antartica, safari, lets go to space".
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Wealthy rich folks love to find a way to live life on the edge.
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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.
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"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!!
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All tickets are one way only lol
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Gonna take my dog up there so he can pee and mark his territory as king dog.
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$50,000/ride ...... Nah!.you can keep your balloons.😅
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“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
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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!!!😂
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This looks like more fun than a 3 minute ride to the edge of space even without the minute of weightlessness.
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Steer the balloon with a MadCatz controller?
