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TEST FLIGHTS ON TAP FOR SPACE PERSPECTIVE’S LUXURY HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOON

arstechnica.com5 min read

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Space Perspective could begin test flights of its luxury high-altitude balloon within the next couple of months. The company plans to fly its pressurized capsule unmanned over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Canaveral using a giant high-altitude balloon. Space Perspective plans to start building its second capsule for human test flights during the test program. The company's aim is to eventually offer regular commercial flights carrying paying customers to 100,000 feet, above 99% of the Earth's atmosphere, where the sky will be black.