Over 1,600 People Have Paid Space Perspective for a Balloon Ride to the Edge of Space

Rendering of tourists riding Space Perspective’s Spaceship Neptune.
Image credit: Space Perspective.
50 years ago, the Space Race pitted superpowers against one another in a scramble to be first to reach Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor. But private enterprise dominates the 21st Century so far, as space tourism companies pit their technologies against each other to sell seats, and wealthy thrill seekers vie for limited space.