Up to the universe to watch the Earth with the cost of

Not long ago, the idea of ​​traveling to the edge of the universe and returning was thought to be gossip. But now people are selling tickets to balloon 30km high, where visitors can comfortably watch the Earth and the planets.

An American company is behind the daring project. They want to bring 8 visitors to the edge of the universe and these people will sit in a safe compartment attached to a helium-filled balloon in 2016.

Although the compartment is specially designed with a space inside that is a turbocharged environment for visitors to feel normal like when on the ground, they may still be slightly shocked when they buy money for tickets.

The flight took more than eight and a half hours, costing $ 72,000 per seat.

Photograph of Earth from outer space satellite (Source: DM)

However, visitors will see the curve of the Earth and experience a few moments of weightlessness. In addition, they can enjoy delicious cocktails served by the bar on the balloon and transfer to the ground "selfie" photos taken with the stars, in the envy of friends, thanks to the wifi network. on the balloon.

"We want to give visitors the experience of watching the Earth from space for hours, admiring the curve of the Earth and other things" - Jane Poynter, managing director of World View Enterprises based in Arizona said.

The balloon containing 1.1 million cubic meters of helium gas will take off from the space port of billionaire Richard Branson in the New Mexico desert.

It will take 2 hours to climb 30km, where the sky becomes dark. Next, the balloon will float over the stratosphere, allowing visitors to enjoy our green planet at the feet, as well as countless stars above their heads.

After the view of the universe, the chamber will disconnect from the balloon and return to Earth, using the glider. The natural weightlessness of space is usually only 100 km or more, but Poynter said in 20 minutes of rapid landing of the cabin, visitors will have a few seconds to enjoy this feeling.

"Think about the trip as a super luxurious experience," Poynter's husband, Taber McCallum, who plays the company's chief technology officer, said. He has designed life support systems for the US Aerospace Agency (NASA).

The couple had two separate years together in a simulated space station located in Arizona in the 1990s, an experiment to test the viability of humans in Mars.

The company is now one of several businesses looking to bring ordinary visitors to space. In addition to them, SpaceShipTwo, a spaceship that can carry 6 visitors to Earth's low orbit, is produced by Branson's Virgin Galactic.

"10 years ago this was just science fiction" - Burt Rutan, who designed SPACESHIPONE, the first private spacecraft to fly into space in 2004 and is a prototype ship for the current spacecraft fleet. Branson's said - "Now it is like the fact that must happen".