Space Perspective, the business that aims to offer public balloon rides to space from Kennedy Space Center, is already accepting reservations for weddings in space by 2024.
Compared to other suborbital possibilities like Virgin Galactic's $250k 90-minute space flight, Daily Mail said the ticket price of $125,000 might be considered a bargain.
The company's test spacecraft, Neptune One, launched successfully from the Space Coast Spaceport, which is near NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in June.
According to the company's website, spaceflights for 2024 are sold out, but clients can still reserve a ticket for 2025.
What Makes This Special From Other Space Launch?
Naturally, there are significant contrasts between the two experiences.
Rather than blasting off with the help of a rocket engine, Space Perspective offers passengers a relaxing ascension to space on a six-hour journey. They promise incredible views of Earth in a luxurious environment with comfortable reclining chairs, a stocked bar, and a restroom.
Riding into space in a large balloon also does not necessitate any training or a spacesuit. In fact, you may dress up in a wedding gown.
"We've got families that want to go together. We've got couples that want to propose or have their wedding. It's accessible to life events," co-CEO and founder Taber MacCallum told Florida Today.
Jane Poynter, MacCallum's wife, and co-CEO said the company privately sold tickets to assess interest.
"The response has been insane, insanely good," Poynter said in the same Florida Today article.
The company isn't saying how many tickets have been sold in total, but the first several flights have already been sold out.
She stated she had one event where we had a Q&A with a few individuals and sold 25 tickets within an hour of the event.
People who have previously purchased tickets include entire families and those who do not meet the physical criteria or cannot endure the high g-forces of a rocket launch.
Passengers to Stay in a Pressurized Capsule For Two Hours
Spaceship Neptune, piloted by a pilot, will transport eight passengers to the edge of space and back in a pressurized capsule for up to two hours before descending for two hours. Passengers will not be able to feel weightless.
On June 18, the corporation achieved a critical milestone when its uncrewed test spacecraft, Neptune One, flew successfully for the first time.
Neptune One took off at 5 a.m. from Titusville's Space Coast Air and Spaceport, formerly known as the Space Coast Regional Airport, and flew to a planned altitude of 108,409 feet before splashing down 50 miles off Florida's west coast. Space Perspective became the first space launch company to fly from the Space Coast Spaceport next to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
After the test flight, the business will enter a significant design and testing phase, preparing to build Spaceship Neptune, a spacecraft that will carry people.
Space Perspective is completing its launch destinations and plans to launch from various places worldwide, including KSC and two other Florida spaceports, in the future.
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