Trip to Space – with Space Balloon
Zero2infinity, a
Spanish Company plans to take passengers to have a space travel using Helium Balloons.
It will cost $ 75.000 - $ 124.000 for one time trip.
The first Helium
Balloons actually began in 1930s and the first spacesuits were also tested
using balloons.
This ballooning
system is very important for NASA and other Companies which dealing with space
science as the balloons are inexpensive means of transportation. This does not
require a lot of fuel as the rocket or spaceship does. It takes longer time in
space so the scientists can do more experiments and observations up there.
Using balloons to
travel in to the space actually to a height of maximum 40 km. Which is meant by
‘real’ space is more than 100 km above the earth. But the experience of being
of 40 km above the earth will give another sensations which most people don’t
have yet in their live.
Passengers could see
the ‘Thin Blue Line’ of the Earth’s atmosphere and the emptiness of the space,
something black all around.
Balloons which are not
like rockets that need a big acceleration, it goes slowly up to the sky and
needs about 2 hours to reach maximum altitude. The passengers also could goes
around the space for another two hours. It is very comfortable inside because
it has toilet and even they can dine on board. There are four passengers
maximum and another two crews. They also prepared if there is something goes
wrong on the trip.
When the time is up, they
go back to the earth. For safety reason, it has two back-up chutes. It only
takes about one hour to go back to the earth.
So, is it a good
chance for you to have a space travel with Balloons ?
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