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Our team has completed the first hardware testing campaign for our piloted stratospheric launch program. We have perfected our own cluster balloon launch system. We have also successfully tested the parachute system, the space suit, the harness and separation systems, as well as the telemetry downlink. We have achieved an altitude of 25 km above sea level during testing and performed a pinpoint landing in the predicted landing area.

Our lab is developing a piloted stratospheric complex. We are targeting a top altitude of 30 km for piloted missions.

According to market research by Futon Corporation, the top expectation for 63% of potential space tourists is to view the Earth from above. There is little difference in how our planet looks from 30 km or 100 km (the official boundary of space). A stratospheric near-space experience has a number of advantages over 'true' orbital spaceflight by being safer and more user-comfortable. These factors have motivated us to focus on developing a stratospheric tourist program. Such flights are also way cheaper, and thus a lot more attractive to a wider customer base than actual space missions, and capable of catering to numerous extreme thrill-seekers around the world.

No less attractive is the far less demanding physical fitness level for a stratospheric flight, as opposed to launching into orbit. The stratospheric flyer will experience no G-overloads, motion sickness and other health challenges a 'real' spaceflight imposes on humans.

And yet, observing the beautiful Earth down below from 30 km of altitude is basically little different from seeing it from 400 km (the International Space Station's orbit altitude). You will see the pitch-black sky above, a thin sliver of the atmosphere under your feet and your view will span hundreds of kilometers of Earth surface in every direction! You will literally find yourself on top of the world!

Creating a piloted stratospheric system is a tough challenge, though, so our lab approaches it accordingly, taking one step at a time. We have amassed a wide experience launching payloads of up to 50 kg to altitudes of up to 40 km over the past decade, with over 130 successful launch campaigns under our belt. Thus, our main challenge now is scaling up all elements of our stratospheric system to accommodate a human passenger, increasing its payload capacity first to 100 kg, and later up to 300 kg.

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Our ambition is making space tourism available to everyone

Safety

The tourist will be protected by a spacesuit equipped with a life-support system

360-degree view

The tourist will be harnessed in a specially designed controllable seat

Bailout option

Experienced sportspersons will have an option to do a parachute jump from any altitude of their choice

Maximum altitude –30 km

You will see our beautiful and fragile Earth the way she really is. Pitch-black space above, tender blue sliver of atmosphere below, and the whole marvelous planet spanning around below you in all directions!