PriestmanGoode's Neptune balloon will fly passengers to the edge of space



Transport design studio PriestmanGoode has developed a high-performance balloon and pressurised capsule for Space Perspective to take space tourists on a “cruise” around the stratosphere.

Designed for American space tourism startup Space Perspective, the two-part spaceship is comprised of a four-metre-tall and five-metre-wide pressurised pod shaped like a spinning top, which is attached to a giant high-altitude balloon.

The Neptune craft will take up to eight “explorers” and a suite of research payloads on a six-hour journey to the upper edge of earth’s atmosphere.

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