Brief introduction:
Florida's Space Perspective plans to provide people with an atmospheric marginal flight service in the next few years, with a total of six hours in a single flight. First, in two hours, the balloon will transport 8 people (and another driver) to an altitude of 30,480 meters above the ground, where people will be able to see the curved boundary of the Earth as well as the pitch-black universe. The balloon will continue to fly for the next two hours, and the last two hours the balloon will gradually release gas until it lands in the U.S. sea. A single flight is currently estimated to cost around $63,000, though prices may fall in the future.
Concept art of the spacecraft used by the company
With Cape Canaveral Aviation Base in Florida as its launch base, Space Perspective plans to provide a balloon flight experience at the edge of Earth's atmosphere for people who can pay for themselves in the coming years.
Introduction to the company's official website: the most shocking six hours of your life
Six-hour flight
When the space travel service is officially operational, it can carry up to 8 passengers (plus a pilot) at a time, and they will need to board a pressurized space capsule (currently the name of the space capsule is the Neptune spacecraft, which is the same name as Neptune) before sunrise. At the same time, the founders of Space Perspective said that they could not rule out the possibility of cooperation with more launch sites in the future, such as those in Hawaii or Alaska.
Over the next two hours, a balloon the length of a soccer field will gradually raise the capsule to an altitude of 30,480 meters. 99% of Earth's atmosphere is below this height, so the Earth's curved boundaries and pitch-black space will be clearly visible.
Concept map of the implementation of the plan
Equipped with a snack bar and sanitation facilities, the capsule continues to fly at this altitude for two hours, followed by another two hours of descent (by gradually releasing gas from the balloon). At the end of the six-hour trip, capsules and balloons will land on the ocean, where a ship will salvag them ashore along with their passengers.
"People have never been so fanatical about space travel"
According to Space Perspective, their launches will all be overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Office of Space Flight, the government agency responsible for developing and supervising U.S. civil aviation regulations. In addition to the 8 passengers, the Space Perspective flight can also carry a variety of research instruments (which will be carried on board the first unmanned test flight scheduled for early 2021).
Interested people can already book a seat on its official website. While the price list has yet to be released (which should be in 2021), a company official said the price of a single flight should initially be around $63,000 (more than 56,000 euros, or more than 400,000 yuan) — 50 percent lower than the current price for suborbital flights, though it may continue to fall in the future.
The company's official website said that it plans to officially start providing flight services by the end of 2024
"People have never been so fanatical about space travel since the smooth return of several manned aircraft on the U.S. mainland a few weeks ago," said the company's founder, Taber McCarroom, "and there are very few projects that are more exciting than having the possibility of observing our planet from space, and that's exactly what we're doing." ”
Related knowledge
Spacecraft, also known as space vehicles, spacecraft or spacecraft, are various aircraft in space outside the Earth's atmosphere that basically move according to the laws of celestial mechanics [1]. Spacecraft differ from natural objects in that they can be controlled to change their orbit or be recovered. Common spacecraft include artificial satellites, space probes, space shuttles and various space stations. For a spacecraft to complete its mission, it must have the cooperation of launch sites, launch vehicles, space measurement and control systems, data acquisition systems, user stations, and recycling facilities. If you need to carry people, you need to carry the assistance of subsistence resources, life support systems, and member observation training procedures. The V2 rocket is the world's first spacecraft.
A manned spacecraft is a spacecraft that carries astronauts, also known as a manned spacecraft, and is a type of manned spacecraft. Manned spacecraft can ensure that astronauts perform space missions in outer space and return to the ground, which is a one-time re-entry manned spacecraft. Spacecraft can carry out space activities independently, can also serve as a "carrier" between the ground and the space station, and can also dock with the space station or other spacecraft for joint flight. The spacecraft has a smaller volume, is limited by the amount of expendable material it carries, does not have the ability to resupply, and cannot be reused.
Currently, SpaceX's manned Wyvern spacecraft is reusable.
BY: Yann Contegat
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