As space exploration evolves, new opportunities to participate and collaborate arise. A series of new awards connecting private industry, academics and public interest illustrate how ASU NewSpace is adapting to the future of space science.
About two months after Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin launched their first space tourism flights, Tucson-based World View Enterprises has begun taking reservations for a $50,000 balloon ride to the stratosphere.Technically, 100,000 feet is only about a third of the way to space. But it's high enough to observe, edge-on, the thin cloak of air that divides Earth from that black
The company, which has flown unmanned balloons more than 100 times for research and commercial customers, started taking reservations for balloon tourism trips, which will cost $50,000 with a $500 reservation deposit.
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