Американска компания конструира и представи луксозна капсула, с която ще извежда туристи за разходки в Космоса.
Space Perspective показа тестовия модел на своята капсула Neptune, която разработва от 2020 г. насам. Тя ще лети на ръба на открития Космос - на над 30 км надморска височина, като е планирано да извъшва 6-часови полети. От тази височина се виждат идеално и Земята, и абсолютният мрак на Космоса.
Пътниците ще се возят в капсулата Spaceship Neptune, която ще виси под напълнен с водород "космически балон с дължина на футболен стадион“, който ще я изкачва нагоре. Достигането на пределната височина ще отнема два часа, след което ще има два часа наблюдение на гледката и още два часа за връщане и кацане. За да стане последното, водородът ще бъде освобождаван постепенно от балона.
Капсулата е оборудвана с кожени седалки, бар за освежителни напитки, Wi-Fi комуникационна система с възможност за предаване на живо, 360-градусови панорамни прозорци, оптични уреди за наблюдение и тоалетна под палубата. Местата в нея вече се продават предварително по $125 000.
Тестовият модел на Neptune бе представен като "това, с което компанията ще лети, след като бъде пусната в търговска експлоатация". Първият полет - очакван до края на пролетта, все пак ще бъде без екипаж, а до края на 2024 г. ще стартира и редовното извеждане на туристи в космическа орбита.
Основателят на Space Perspective и неин изп.-директор Табер Маккалъм обяви също така, че компанията почти е заършила и кораба Marine Spaceport Voyager - от него полетите ще стартират и пак той ще прибира от океана кацналия балон и капсулата с туристите след завръщането им.
As the world’s first and only carbon-neutral space travel experience, Space Perspective officially partnered with @EarthDayNetwork to activate the environmental movement worldwide–with human spaceflight.
The particularly singular nature of Earth's existence in the universe has perhaps never been better epitomized than in the Pale Blue Dot, a photo taken on Valentine’s Day, 1990, from a distance of 3.7 billion miles. At astronomer Carl Sagan's urging, the Milky-Way-bound satellite Voyager turned its cameras for one last, fleeting look at home before it journeyed to the edge of the cosmos. The result–in which our planet takes up a mere .12 pixels on a vast backdrop of black–inspired one of Sagan’s most stirring essays, in which he contemplated the paradoxical and sometimes misplaced perceptions we have as being the center of the universe; the humbling buzz, responsibility, and opportunity we all have as fleeting residents on this "mote of dust in a sunbeam." These thoughts have only become more relevant in the decades since they were written as we face environmental challenges requiring genius, cooperation, and motivation.
Carl Sagan words are taken from his 1994 book, "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" and remind us of the power of space travel to transform our perspective on the planet and our place within it. Space Perspective will bring that to the world by providing the quintessential astronaut experience–seeing Earth from the blackness of space–to as many people as possible.
We are honored and thankful to collaborate with Ann Druyan, an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer and director, and Sagan’s widow and long-time collaborator, to bring his meditation and lasting words to a new generation.
See Earth from space and return transformed. Reserve your seat today at bit.ly/seethedot
#spaceperspective #palebluedot #earthday #everydayisearthday #investinourplanet #space #spacetravel #tourism #environment #earth #carlsagan #astronomy #astronomer
As the world’s first and only carbon-neutral space travel experience, Space Perspective officially partnered with @EarthDayNetwork to activate the environmental movement worldwide–with human spaceflight.
The particularly singular nature of Earth's existence in the universe has perhaps never been better epitomized than in the Pale Blue Dot, a photo taken on Valentine’s Day, 1990, from a distance of 3.7 billion miles. At astronomer Carl Sagan's urging, the Milky-Way-bound satellite Voyager turned its cameras for one last, fleeting look at home before it journeyed to the edge of the cosmos. The result–in which our planet takes up a mere .12 pixels on a vast backdrop of black–inspired one of Sagan’s most stirring essays, in which he contemplated the paradoxical and sometimes misplaced perceptions we have as being the center of the universe; the humbling buzz, responsibility, and opportunity we all have as fleeting residents on this "mote of dust in a sunbeam." These thoughts have only become more relevant in the decades since they were written as we face environmental challenges requiring genius, cooperation, and motivation.
Carl Sagan words are taken from his 1994 book, "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" and remind us of the power of space travel to transform our perspective on the planet and our place within it. Space Perspective will bring that to the world by providing the quintessential astronaut experience–seeing Earth from the blackness of space–to as many people as possible.
We are honored and thankful to collaborate with Ann Druyan, an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer and director, and Sagan’s widow and long-time collaborator, to bring his meditation and lasting words to a new generation.
See Earth from space and return transformed. Reserve your seat today at bit.ly/seethedot
#spaceperspective #palebluedot #earthday #everydayisearthday #investinourplanet #space #spacetravel #tourism #environment #earth #carlsagan #astronomy #astronomer
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Тестовият модел на капсулата вече е готов
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Обстановката за туристите е луксозна
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Капсулата виси под огромен балон, пълен с водород, който ще я изкачва към Космоса