On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 12:27:54 AM UTC-8,
film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 8:01:55 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote:
"Japanese startup unveils balloon flight space viewing tours"
https://news.yahoo.com/japan-startup-unveils-space-viewing-111114679.html
TB
What a rip off! Way too much money, for too little thrill!
Capt. Jett Space Patrol Commander
eh, I would expect prices to go down substantially, once they have some competition. I got to wondering about the price of comparable thrills. A typical bungee jump will last less than 5 seconds. That works out to something in the neighborhood of $
100K per hour. And the top 1% has a lot of money to burn. In a few years I expect that dozens of Americans will be taking these balloon rides everyday, if not hundreds. It's likely to be substantially cheaper than powered flights into outer space.
OTOH you could ride the Vomit Comet for a bit under $10K. But that doesn't sound like nearly as much fun. For me the big thrill of being up in the air is really the view.
https://www.gozerog.com/the-zero-g-experience/
"The Zero-G Experience starts at $9,070 + 5.2% tax and fees per person and includes:
15 parabolas, including lunar and zero gravity
Zero-G flight suit
Zero-G merchandise
Flight completion pin
Photos and videos of your experience"
TB
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