The luxury capsule transporting tourists to space from 2025 – with a £100k price tag

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Space Perspective, the extremely high-altitude tourism firm, has unveiled a take a look at capsule for its Neptune spacecraft which may transport travellers to the very fringe of space by 2025.

The pressurised capsule is about to embark on its first unmanned take a look at flight within the coming weeks, within the hope of launching business flights subsequent yr.

According to the corporate, it will likely be the most important human spacecraft in operation, with room for eight passengers and a captain.

And not like its rivals, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, friends gained’t have to contend with G-force or zero gravity.

Instead, passengers can look ahead to sipping a cocktail within the “space lounge”, which has a fully-stocked bar, high-speed wifi and music (we’d love to curate that playlist).

At 4.9 metres in diameter, the spaceship is 2 instances bigger in quantity than its rivals and consists of a totally functioning rest room – helpful, because the journey will final six hours, considerably longer than Virgin Galactic’s 90 minutes to two hours, or Blue Origin’s 11-minute experience.

Its measurement additionally accommodates the most important home windows ever flown to space, in accordance to the corporate, good for snapping the last word selfie and gawping on the jaw-dropping views.

And the price for venturing to the sting of space? A cool £99,031.

Space Perspective describes the craft as “the safest, most luxurious and most responsible way to experience space”.

Space Perspective co-founder Taber MacCallum, who established the corporate with his spouse, Jane Poynter, in 2019, stated: “The space capsule is like nothing the world has ever seen.

“We are on the cusp of a staggering shift – not only in the way we humans experience space but also what we conjure in our minds when we think of the spaceship that gets us there.

“We are redefining the category and paving the way for accessible space travel for years to come.”