“Spaceship Neptune was developed to be the most accessible, most sustainable, and safest spacecraft on or above Planet Earth.
“Spaceship Neptune is lifted to space by our SpaceBalloon, propelled by renewable hydrogen, with no rockets and none of the associated carbon footprint,” writes Space Perspective. “Rather than blasting off, we rise slowly at 12mph, making the experience accessible to anyone medically fit to fly with a commercial airline. Our balloon is proven technology, used for decades already by our team on missions with NASA and other government agencies to lift research telescopes and other heavy, sensitive instruments.”“In addition to our primary flight system, Neptune is equipped with a backup descent system—four parachutes situated between the capsule and the SpaceBalloon.
Space Perspective is founded by two former crew members of Biosphere 2. The company “is driven by a desire to share the transformative power of