2023-04-25 05:54:47
Among the many start-ups that have devoted themselves to space travel in recent years, we find the French company Of the coata company that plans to soar into the stratosphere aboard a hot air balloon by 2025. The company aims to provide an experience that brings the best of French hospitality, good food, wine and design to the frontier of space for those who can afford a six-figure ticket. Yes, because the price of a flight with dinner in space is around 10,000 euros. €120,000 per person.
let’s talk about it Space balloons filled with helium and hydrogen can carry up to six passengers and two pilots. The capsule, designed by architect Joseph Dirand, will measure 20 square meters and will be equipped with a Wi-Fi connection allowing photos of the experience to be shared live. According to Zephalto, the balloon would reach a distance of 25 km in about an hour and a halfand hover for about three hours. The start-up has already received support from several leading organizations and companies in the sector, including Airbus, Dassault, the National Center for Space Studies (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
“We chose 25km because that’s the altitude you’re at in the dark of space, with 98% of the atmosphere below you, so you can appreciate the curvature of the Earth in the blue line., hadetto BloombergVincent Farret d’Astis, founder of Zephalto and aerospace engineer.
Zephalto aims to 60 flights per year She has already made three test flights with pilots on board, but none reached the maximum altitude. However, the company hopes to reach the target altitude during a test flight by the end of the year. Remember that Zelphalto is not the only company to offer this type of experience. In fact, in the United States, we find the Spatial perspectives and the World Visionin Spain, the Zero2Infity and in Japan the Iwaya Giken.
Compared to space travel on a real rocket like SpaceX, Ble Origin and Virgin Galactic, this kind of experience… decidedly different. Furthermore, very cheaper than a trip to orbit (a flight with Virgin starts at $450,000).
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