Company To Balloon Tourists To the Edge of Space For $75,000 104
astroengine writes "If the thought of a rocket ride to space — or the $250,000 price tag to get there — leaves you feeling queasy, an Arizona firm thinks it has a gentler, less expensive alternative. World View, an offshoot of privately owned Paragon Space Development Corp., is developing a balloon-launched, near-space (30 kilometers) ride for $75,000 — less than one-third the current cost to fly on Virgin Galactic's suborbital SpaceShipTwo. "It really is very gentle. You can be up at altitude for hours, for days for research if you need to be... I think we have the opportunity to give a really, really incredible experience to people — and for a lot less than most of what's out on the market right now," project co-founder and Paragon president Jane Poynter told Discovery News."
Perhaps... (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps some sort of lead zeppelin would be advised?
Re:30Km isn't space (Score:4, Funny)
hey come on this is slashdot, no one here knows a girl analogy, you need a car one
It would be like sitting in a Lamborghini Reventon at a car show, not able to turn it on or even push any buttons.
It would be like paying $75,000 to sit 30% closer to the Lamborghini than everyone else. You still wouldn't be getting into the car.