Space Perspective plans to start sending guests to the edge of space at the end of 2024 with balloon flights
Mercedes-Maybach has partnered with space tourism company Space Perspective to provide its expertise in crafting the interior of an upcoming space capsule. Like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, Space Perspective aims to offer rich individuals the opportunity to travel to the edge of space. Unlike those two, Space Perspective will use a pressurized capsule that is pulled 100,000 feet into the sky by a SpaceBalloon over a period of two hours.
Read: Maybach Wants To Expand Into The Realm Of Million-Dollar Coachbuilt Cars “We are exploring different elements of the journey and how we can make that most convenient and bring most of the Maybach experience to the voyage, Lescow said. Eventually that will accumulate into Maybach being involved in the interior design of the capsule. The capsule with feature a customizable cabin that can accommodate eight Explorers and a captain.
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