Inside stunning ‘space balloon’ restaurant where astro-guests dine at 82,000 feet – but the bill is hard to stomach
Ashley Palya
TRAVELING to the edge of space will soon be possible thanks to a new groundbreaking pressurized capsule or “space balloon” experience.
French startup Zephalto announced it will offer a six-hour trip up to the stratosphere or the top of Earth in a space balloon named Celeste for a fine-dining dinner with “unparalleled views”.
3French startup Zephalto will be offering a fine dining experience from the comfort of a luxurious pressurized capsule named CelesteCredit: Zephalto
3The space balloon will operate by being filled with helium or hydrogen and the whole trip takes about six hoursCredit: Zephalto
The space balloon will travel 82021ft high with 98 percent of the atmosphere below it – this is twice the height that commercial flights fly.
“We choose 25 km high because it’s the altitude where you are in the darkness of space, with 98% of the atmosphere below you so that you can enjoy the curvature of the Earth in the blue line,” Vincent Farret d’Astiès, Zephalto founder and aerospace engineer, told Bloomberg.
“You’re in the darkness of space, but without the zero-gravity experience.”
Zephalto is aiming for 60 flights per year starting in 2025.
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