Florida-based Space Perspective plans to take passengers up to 100,000 feet for suborbital adventures in a pressurized capsule suspended from an enormous high-tech version of a hot-air balloon
The space tourism race is now firing on all rockets, but one company is hoping to carve out a niche as"the only carbon-neutral, zero-emission way" to travel to the edge of space.
Reflective coated windows, similar to an astronaut's helmet, are in place to help keep temperatures comfortable, while a new thermal control system is patent-pending. There'll be Wi-Fi on board so travelers can livestream their experience for the folks back home and there'll be on-board cameras documenting all the action too. Satellite imagery and the 360-degree cameras will also make it possible to zoom in and out of the epic vista.
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