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This company wants to take you to space in a balloon

Space Perspective wants to be world’s first company offering passenger rides to the stratosphere, on a balloon.

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  1. Chintex

    July 21, 2020 at 2:07 pm

    We all float up here

  2. Wes Trollip

    July 21, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    So apparently it will be a visceral experience…

  3. Jeremy Morrison

    July 21, 2020 at 3:16 pm

    BIODOME!!! A DOME WITHIN A DOME WITHIN A DOME!

  4. NGC 7635

    July 21, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    I’m assuming there’s some kind of UV protection in that thing. Otherwise the sun coming up won’t be that fun.

  5. Texh Geec

    July 21, 2020 at 3:24 pm

    a baloon for sure

  6. PC Lotion

    July 21, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    It is a scam! They take your money and try to develop stuff and at the end failed and no money return lol

  7. Shilpan Shukla

    July 21, 2020 at 3:45 pm

    Flat earth guys should be sent 1 st

  8. Thumbs0311

    July 21, 2020 at 3:52 pm

    What about when the balloon fails at 100,000 feet?

  9. professor farhad

    July 21, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    If gravity is not there
    It is worth it

  10. decide2think

    July 21, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    2 questions: First, I assume since the ship is floating, and not “falling” in orbit, that passengers won’t be weightless, Right? And second… regarding “only 20 people in that region of space”: Does that mean those orbiting in that region in the past and not astronauts on there way to the moon passing through?… and does the ISS not apply here? Is that a Different region?

    • Mark Martin

      July 21, 2020 at 6:07 pm

      Spacecraft operate far above that region.

  11. Fluorine, Uranium, Carbon, Potassium

    July 21, 2020 at 4:27 pm

    Less than 20 people? that’s a boldface lie. 220 people have been to the iss. Without including all the manned space tests and apollo missions you are already off by a factor of 11.

    • Mark Martin

      July 21, 2020 at 6:06 pm

      That’s all true. What she means is that very few have _loitered_ in that region. Crews on their way to and from orbit pass through very quickly. They don’t stay at that height and do experiments.

  12. Shlome Mendlovits

    July 21, 2020 at 4:45 pm

    Will it reach the point of no gravity

    • Mark Martin

      July 21, 2020 at 6:03 pm

      No.

  13. tastyfrzz1

    July 21, 2020 at 5:08 pm

    Big balloon filled with Hydrogen..
    A bathroom with no vent.
    Parachute(s) that can tangle?
    Not seated or strapped in when it falls!

    Hmm. Sounds great….What could go wrong.

  14. Stevo Mighty

    July 21, 2020 at 6:28 pm

    $125k…….

  15. A M

    July 21, 2020 at 6:52 pm

    I am too terrified to get in a little capsule like that, can we still use our phones up there?

  16. S

    July 21, 2020 at 7:53 pm

    Love it!

  17. Michaël Bonnet

    July 21, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    Hope that they have enough money for the project

  18. Tyler Jordan

    July 21, 2020 at 9:12 pm

    Sounds cool, but the price-tag is IMO ridiculous. If they sell tickets, then there will be competition soon.

  19. Tyler Durden

    July 21, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    Take the flat earthers for free? See how many realize the earth is a ball, not a plate.

  20. johnbeechy

    July 21, 2020 at 9:33 pm

    i will assume that one can not scuba dive and take this balloon in the same 24 hours /
    there was talk decades ago of an elevator system i like this balloon idea // too bad could not make the ships already in space meet up with the balloon system and use the balloon as a delivery system for humans to space … less Gs taking the balloon as the lady says and there are more folks that could hit space faster with a system with less Gs

    get r done would say larry the cable guy

  21. B Nav

    July 21, 2020 at 10:33 pm

    What happens if the balloon explodes?

  22. Idi B

    July 21, 2020 at 11:44 pm

    That video was visceral

  23. Doodelay

    July 21, 2020 at 11:58 pm

    Comments saying that 100,000 ft isn’t enough to see curvature are incorrect. Look up images of what 100,000 ft looks like, or you can search this video “Balloon with GoPro to Near Space”
    the max height in that video is 90,000 ft and you can see the curvature of earth just like in the pictures the company is showing

  24. Dane Battaglia

    July 22, 2020 at 12:00 am

    Err I think I’ll go with Virgin

  25. sash sepehran

    July 22, 2020 at 1:06 am

    Ohhhh can’t wait for flat earth’s to take this trips! Not that they can’t afford or anything

  26. andherson rosa

    July 22, 2020 at 2:07 am

    is that lil dicky?

  27. ROSHAN JOHN MATHEW

    July 22, 2020 at 2:44 am

    Bar would be a bad idea. But this experience if its affordable to the people who have resource after their basic amenities are satisfied. This will help those people to understand the right thing about earth and space if its seen through the right eyes.

  28. Vince L

    July 22, 2020 at 4:12 am

    Another Hindenburg, why not helium at that premium price?

    • ecp4500

      July 22, 2020 at 11:12 pm

      helium is a rare finite resource on earth and we can’t generate it. Hydrogen is abundent and a better lifting gas.

  29. Vivek Kumar

    July 22, 2020 at 9:30 am

    Can it be ready in a decade?

  30. Thrustin Von Helmut

    July 22, 2020 at 10:21 am

    I wouldn’t trust this woman to walk my dog. She’s an obvious huckster.

  31. Terrell W

    July 22, 2020 at 1:01 pm

    Hydrogen balloon automatically brings us thoughts of the Hindenburg. What are their safety precautions?

  32. xxjxuxsxx A

    July 22, 2020 at 1:26 pm

    linus I think your in the wrong youtube channel

  33. GrummanPilot99

    July 22, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    Word of the day: visceral

  34. Thomas Buckley

    July 22, 2020 at 6:22 pm

    So up on tech that’s shesvstill using wired headphones

  35. ElHolyChristo

    July 22, 2020 at 11:03 pm

    The balloon will be filled with hydrogen? That element loves to bond with anything because it has only one electron. A famous blimp blew up due to being filled with hydrogen, than later blimps were filled with helium; 2 electron element , more stable.

  36. Jay H

    July 22, 2020 at 11:24 pm

    Is there Any gravity at that height?

  37. Ghanasyam Sajeesh

    July 23, 2020 at 4:20 am

    They haven’t learned anything from the Hindenburg disaster. Hydrogen is an inflammable gas and the balloon could pop at the edge of the space due to the pressure difference. Like when the whether balloons reaches very high altitudes. Let’s say the balloon pops even though it’s made of very strong fibers. So, does the craft has the the ability to resist the burning from air resistance, parachutes to safely land and strong base to take the landing impact?

  38. Cam

    July 23, 2020 at 11:52 am

    How about working on fixing coronavirus first so we can be around other people lol. I don’t wanna go to space I wanna see my friends

  39. DCMK

    July 23, 2020 at 7:21 pm

    damn he looked like Linus if he gave us space tips instead of sx tips
    i mean tech tips

  40. Video Biker

    July 23, 2020 at 9:12 pm

    Thank you!! This was not only interesting bit uplifting. Very good presentation

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