Hop on and see the world in its fullness
As if the immense list we have of corners of the world that we would like to visit at some point in our lives , now there are those who propose another highly appetizing tourist destination: space . In this extensive list of places to which we would like to travel, together with the Empire State, the Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Boca, the Taj Mahal or the cell on Robben Island in which Mandela outlined how to save his country, we will have to point out a visit to the border between the Earth and space.
This is the proposal of the World View firm, which aims to offer us trips in which we cross the atmosphere of our planet and have a privileged view of it. As Felix Baumgartner did to complete his feat, this American company will offer its customers to rise more than 30 kilometers above the earth's surface aboard capsules that will be lifted by gigantic high-altitude hot-air balloons.
During the journey, which will be four to six hours long , the six passengers traveling in this cabin will have a 360 degree panorama of the earth's surface . In the images, it can even be seen that they can walk around the capsule so as not to lose detail from any perspective. And it is that, unlike other companies that also work so that we can travel to space, World View wants our journey through the stratosphere to be calm and pleasant.
World View Experience.mp4 from World View on Vimeo .
Although we will not be freed from the force of gravity, At least we won't have to put up with tremendous G-force pressure. nor will we have any inconvenience in enjoying a cocktail or a beer at 100,000 feet. As Jane Poynter, co-founder of the company, pointed out, "every spaceship worth its salt should have a bar" . He is not without reason.
Nor will it be necessary, as is the case with other tourist trips to space that are already being prepared, passengers undergo exhaustive training as if they were astronauts . They won't even have to pass medical tests. Very different from the experience of Dennis Tito, the first space tourist, and the rest of the billionaires who have been able to pay for their trip to space, who had to prepare thoroughly for their stay on the International Space Station.
While it is true that all of them spent several days at a higher altitude than the World View expedition will reach, the truth is that they also paid a fortune compared to what it will cost to take part in one of the 50 trips that this expedition will organize a year. signature. The first of all, **Tito, disbursed in 2001 no more and no less than 20 million dollars ** (more than 17 million euros at current exchange rates).
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Now it is not that the price is within everyone's reach, but it could be more affordable. For 75,000 dollars (66,700 euros) we can set course for the border between space and Earth. In fact, one of the main purposes of this Arizona-based company is to make this type of trip more affordable and accessible. “Until now, access to the stratosphere has been extremely expensive and rare. We plan to turn the strange into something routine and affordable, ”said the chief scientist of World View, Alan Stern.
However, in World View they are already recruiting the most intrepid (and wealthy) participants, who must pay an advance of 7,500 dollars (6,600 euros) to reserve their seat on one of the first flights, which will be deducted from the final price. Of course, they will have to think about it very well, because once they deliver the signal there is no possibility of recovering that money.
When we've saved enough to set sail for space, we can brag to friends and family about our vacations in the stratosphere . This company has thought of everything and presumes that, from the capsule, we can access Twitter, Facebook and many other social networks. We will not have to wait to return to Earth to publish our selfies with the immense universe in the background.
Vitally important to many future passengers, this feature was not present on World View's first test flight in June. A capsule smaller than the one that will carry out the trips with tourists on board took off from the Roswell International Air Center, in New Mexico, and rose propelled by balloons to an altitude of 32 kilometers above the earth's surface.
Like other companies that are also determined that we spend all our savings on a trip to space, as is the case with Space X or Virgin Galactic, the World View proposal seeks to contribute to scientific research. Hence, beyond the close collaboration with NASA, with scientists and academics, its capsules are also designed to collect information about the state of the ozone layer or the dreaded climate change.
Sooner than later, When our friends ask where we're going to spend our vacation, we can get all braggart. Not because we embark on the adventure of touring the center of Europe aboard the Interrail, we enter the Amazon or we play the type with the 'youth' in Benidorm, but because we will be able to tell them that we will go to space. We will have to save a lot, yes, but it will have been worth it to enjoy those impressive views.
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