Space Perspective unveils capsule design for luxury space flight

By MiNDFOOD

Image: Space Perspective
Image: Space Perspective

Florida-based company Space Perspective is promising the “most sustainable way to travel to space” with the unveiling of its Spaceship Neptune capsule.

The luxury space travel company has revealed the design for its spacecraft, which it says is now in production at its campus near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Space Perspective plans for Spaceship Neptune to take flight commercially from the end of 2024. Passengers will embark on a six-hour round trip where they will “safely ascend to the edge of space in the climate-controlled, pressurised capsule, propelled by a patented SpaceBalloonTM, absorbing the phenomenal beauty of Earth from space”.

Space Perspective is currently taking reservations for 2025 and beyond, with almost 900 tickets already sold for commercial flights.

Tickets are priced at $US125,000 per person, and bookings are made with a refundable deposit beginning at $1,000.

“As the only carbon-neutral way to space, Space Perspective continues its pursuit of proprietary space travel innovation,” says the company.

“Thousands of virtual flight tests, simulations, and analysis runs with cutting-edge technology from Siemens Digital Industries and AWS resulted in the pioneering capsule and splash cone designs.

“An elegant spherical exterior maximises the 360-degree panoramic views via the largest-ever, patented windows to be taken to the edge of space and a roomier Space Lounge interior, offering plenty of headroom as explorers move around the capsule.

The proprietary splash cone ensures Spaceship Neptune’s ocean landing is gentle and safe.”

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