Balloon Rides to Space Are Now a Thing

This really makes me feel like we're living in the future . . . and also the past? Hot air balloon rides to SPACE are about to become a thing. And the price tag is somewhat accessible . . . if you just take a second mortgage out on the house.

A company called Space Perspective is taking reservations, with the first space balloon rides set for 2024. Up to eight people can go at a time . . . each trip lasts six hours . . . and one ticket costs $125,000, even though it won't REALLY get you to space. And you won't experience weightlessness.

For the first two hours, you slowly ascend up to 100,000 feet, which is about a third of the way to space. Then you just chill up there for two hours before slowly coming back, and splashing down in the ocean. 

(Here's what the capsule will look like, and the balloon.)


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