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Test flights on tap for Space Perspective’s luxury high-altitude balloon (arstechnica.com)
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I love balloons, but calling it a "spacecraft" is a bit misleading. Still sounds like a fun ride, though.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s even easier to deal with not putting yourself in an unregulated ‘capsule’ of some description to look at stuff from the vantage point of [insert place where people die quickly].

I mean, look. If billionaires want to do this stuff, then fine. They should also sign waivers that, upon their death, transfers all their Ill-gotten gains to some sort of public trust for the good of the underprivileged.

Wait… they should just do that anyway.

[–] burble 2 points 2 years ago

They'll get some <billionaires for only $125k! I think the only devil's advocate I can play for this balloon ride is that it's cheaper than the rockets and might give some bozos some empathy from the overview effect.