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ALL ABOARD SPACESHIP NEPTUNE

magine travelling high enough to see the curvature of Earth against the blackness of space, not in a brief, high-adrenaline rocket ride but a luxurious and leisurely balloon flight up into the stratosphere. That’s the experience a company called Space Perspective is hoping to offer aspiring space tourists with its Spaceship Neptune balloon, currently under development. Despite its name, Spaceship Neptune won’t actually reach space, which officially starts at the Kármán line 62

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