Space Perspective is partnering with the marque for its launches, set to begin next year.
’s balloon before it heads into the stratosphere. But the companies are also exploring ways to bring “elements of the Maybach experience,” into the capsule, according to Space Perspective.This New Adventure Camper Is Like a Luxe Compact Apartment Housed in a Ford F-550The addition of Mercedes as a commercial partner is a boost to Space Perspective, a Florida start-up that is building a space balloon experience for high-net-worth individuals to travel 100,000 feet above the planet’s surface.
Mercedes-Maybach showed a brief glimpse of the space balloon in its global brand film as part of a campaign to show “how the driving experience transports passengers to the beyond,” said a statement. Daniel Lescow, head of Mercedes-Maybach, said the partnership allows the automaker “to extend the highest level of Maybach refinement and brand experience to the edge of space.
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