Balloon ride over 100,000 feet

Platapus · 06-30-20, 10:20 AM

The commercial company Space Perspective will be offering, in the near future, a six hour balloon ride that will spend two hours at just over 100,000 feet

Tickets are also sky high at About $125,000

But that's only $0.80 per foot.

No way I can afford this
No way I would afford this

But it would be kinda cool.

Jimbuna · 06-30-20, 10:30 AM

No thanks, can't stand any height above thirty or so feet and especially not in a balloon.

mapuc · 06-30-20, 11:01 AM

And who knows maybe they will add some kind of a 100.000 miles club, in the future

Markus

Platapus · 06-30-20, 11:32 AM

There does not seem to be much privacy so the pilot would be involved. I doubt the onboard toilet will be big enough.

Catfish · 06-30-20, 11:39 AM

"We need a bigger b..." alloon.

em2nought · 06-30-20, 02:12 PM

I'm still tempted to try the lawn chair and the weather balloons like Larry.

August · 06-30-20, 03:59 PM

I'd do it but only if I am equipped with high altitude parachute gear.

Onkel Neal · 06-30-20, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

No thanks, can't stand any height above thirty or so feet and especially not in a balloon.

Same here, I get pretty nervous in high places.

iambecomelife · 07-05-20, 09:03 AM

Reminds me a bit of Thomas Gatch. Interesting but tragic story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Heart_(balloon)

He was last seen by a freighter thousands of miles off course, with his balloons damaged....he made no effort to signal the ship for help, and experts think he may have already been dead at the time of the last sighting.

The important things will be to make sure the balloons stay on course, and provide contingencies to prevent deflation.

06-30-20, 10:20 AM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Balloon ride over 100,000 feet The commercial company Space Perspective will be offering, in the near future, a six hour balloon ride that will spend two hours at just over 100,000 feet Tickets are also sky high at About $125,000 But that's only $0.80 per foot. No way I can afford this No way I would afford this But it would be kinda cool. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-30-20, 10:30 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No thanks, can't stand any height above thirty or so feet and especially not in a balloon. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-30-20, 11:32 AM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	There does not seem to be much privacy so the pilot would be involved. I doubt the onboard toilet will be big enough. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	"We need a bigger b..." alloon. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm still tempted to try the lawn chair and the weather balloons like Larry. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	And who knows maybe they will add some kind of a 100.000 miles club, in the future Markus

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'd do it but only if I am equipped with high altitude parachute gear.

07-05-20, 09:03 AM	#9
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,706 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Reminds me a bit of Thomas Gatch. Interesting but tragic story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Heart_(balloon) He was last seen by a freighter thousands of miles off course, with his balloons damaged....he made no effort to signal the ship for help, and experts think he may have already been dead at the time of the last sighting. The important things will be to make sure the balloons stay on course, and provide contingencies to prevent deflation. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/