If this was Ryanspace rather than Virgin Galactic, they could bring the price down by charging for the toilets ...
ROFL! So true - if they even have toilets!If this was Ryanspace rather than Virgin Galactic, they could bring the price down by charging for the toilets ...
A zero-g leap aboard a MiG-31 costs $15,000.
Funny you mention it. I ran across Zero 2 Infinity's Bloon project the other day and hadn't got around to posting about it yet. Your idea reminded me very much of it - the flight profile takes you up to 120,000' on a helium balloon and you then paraglide back down. €110k for 4-5 hour flight: http://www.inbloon.com/en/fly-a-bloon/flight-cycle.phpI actually have a plan to provide access to space for only ~$5000!
Funny you mention it. I ran across Zero 2 Infinity's Bloon project the other day and hadn't got around to posting about it yet. Your idea reminded me very much of it - the flight profile takes you up to 120,000' on a helium balloon and you then paraglide back down. €110k for 4-5 hour flight: http://www.inbloon.com/en/fly-a-bloon/flight-cycle.php
How expensive can the balloon be that a flight costs about $140,000?Funny you mention it. I ran across Zero 2 Infinity's Bloon project the other day and hadn't got around to posting about it yet. Your idea reminded me very much of it - the flight profile takes you up to 120,000' on a helium balloon and you then paraglide back down. €110k for 4-5 hour flight: http://www.inbloon.com/en/fly-a-bloon/flight-cycle.php
That bubble-thing looks like a death trap. A really fun death trap.
Speaking of domed deathtraps, I present Copenhagen Suborbitals
Copenhagen Suborbitals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Really brings home the human as payload idea! I would still jump at the chance to ride one of these though.
More pictures:
http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/spacecraft.php