Stratospheric ballooning company World View is offering the trip of a lifetime — the opportunity to go to the edge of space. With tickets starting at $50,000, the price tag is significantly lower than other offerings.
They'll zoom on up there in a zero-pressure balloon and pressurized space capsule, which will then gently float in the atmosphere, allowing guests to experience the Earth's curvature and the awesome darkness of space.
Hartman tells CNN that this might include"helicopter tours, hot-air balloon rides, high-dining experiences and many other excursions."It's not just World View's ambitions -- or indeed its balloons -- that are lofty. It has rather grand ideas about the impact of its space tourism jaunts, too. World View has backed up this mission by pairing with nonprofit Space For Humanity for its inaugural flight.
World View isn't the only company to have entered the balloon space race. Its top competitor is Florida-based You see, this isn't World View's first time at the space rodeo. Back in 2014, it was also chasing the space balloon dream with itsHartman, World View's CEO of two years, tells CNN Travel that affordability and accessibility are at the core of their 2021 offering."$50,000 is still a lot of money. But it's our starting point. And to assist customers in achieving their dream in participating in space tourism, we are offering flexible financing.
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