Comments on: Another high altitude balloon company enters the space tourism market https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-high-altitude-balloon-company-enters-the-space-tourism-market/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:04:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-high-altitude-balloon-company-enters-the-space-tourism-market/#comment-1091460 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:04:39 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70023#comment-1091460 Cotour

Q: What if the balloon envelope fails? Are there any provisions for such an event?

I was thinking the same thing.
I am sure they will have parachutes big enough for the craft but the free fall until the chute opens will be like a full minute or even two from max altitude.
Could you imagine Oprah or a Kardashian making that drop? They would fill their pants before the chute opened.

One drop like that and the whole new industry would change. I would offer extreme HAL jumps after that.

]]> By: Cotour https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-high-altitude-balloon-company-enters-the-space-tourism-market/#comment-1091188 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:03:43 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70023#comment-1091188 If you look a bit further into this project I believe it is sponsored by a billionaire nail and beauty solon chain owner who will be providing “Ultrasonic” foot baths and pedicures as you “Sail to the edges of space”, for no extra charge. Its a great promotion tie in. You have not lived until you have had an ultrasonic pedi.

I think the ticket price is around $150 to 200 K. (Not bad, with the free ultrasonic pedicure that is.)

Q: What if the balloon envelope fails? Are there any provisions for such an event?

The first flights I believe are scheduled for April 1, 2024.

]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-high-altitude-balloon-company-enters-the-space-tourism-market/#comment-1091185 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:13:16 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70023#comment-1091185 Possibly an artifact of the general numbskullery that is normative in journalism these days. It’s also very possible that this is a translation error, given that the source of the article is the Spanish edition of Business Insider.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-high-altitude-balloon-company-enters-the-space-tourism-market/#comment-1091174 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 08:56:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70023#comment-1091174 I am familiar with the terms supersonic (Mach 1+), and hypersonic (Mach 5+); does anyone know the parameters for ‘ultrasonic’?

]]> By: Kevin R. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-high-altitude-balloon-company-enters-the-space-tourism-market/#comment-1091165 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 06:50:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70023#comment-1091165 I wonder how much it’ll cost?

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