Space Perspective Buys A Ship To Become The First Floating Space Port In The World

Space Perspective has acquired a 292-foot-long ship (photo: dock. Space Perspective)

JAKARTA - A US space company that wants to send tourists into space using large balloons is now buying ships to turn them into floating spaceports.

The Florida-based Space Perspective company has acquired a 292-foot-long ship from the Los Angeles shipbuilder, Edison Chouest Offshore.

The ship, now called MS Voyager, will be the world's first'sea space port' for human flights into human space and the first in a planned global fleet operated by Space Perspective.

The ship's fleet will host the launch of Space Neptune, the company's luxury passenger capsule that will be carried into space in a balloon the size of a football stadium.

The name Voyager honors the Voyager 1 space probe, which shot the infamous Pale Blue Dot image in 1990, & Voyager 2, which became the first and only spacecraft to visit Neptune - the name of our Spaceship. Get to know Marine Spaceport Voyager. https://t.co/qX4LKglqgg pic.twitter.com/M55NElu8fk

— Space Perspective (@SpacePerspectiv) November 17, 2022

Space Perspective is currently selling flights with the Space Neptune capsule for $125.000 that will provide safe and sustainable travel to the edge of space and a 'crazy' view of Earth to explorers.

Passengers will be able to enjoy 360 degree Earth view while inside the capsule, equipped with an in-plane bathroom, bar, and Wi-Fi.

The project will be launched from 2024. Each capsule will carry up to eight guests to the stratosphere, about 100,000 feet above the surface of our planet, for a six-hour journey.

The name Voyager honors the Voyager 1 space probe, which shot the infamous Pale Blue Dot image in 1990, & Voyager 2, which became the first and only spacecraft to visit Neptune - the name of our Spaceship. Get to know Marine Spaceport Voyager. https://t.co/qX4LKglqgg pic.twitter.com/M55NElu8fk

— Space Perspective (@SpacePerspectiv) November 17, 2022

Spaceflights tickets for 2024 are sold out, but customers can still book their seats now for 2025, according to the company's website. Buyers must make a $1.000 deposit upfront and pay the rest later.

Space Perspective is led by husband and wife team Taber MacCallum and Jane Poynter, who founded the firm in 2019.

According to the company, the seaport created ideal launch conditions in two ways. First, once launched, the space balloon can move with the sea wind.

Introducing MS Voyager - the world’s first Marine Spaceport for human spaceflight: 292 ft, 8K hp, with two bow thrusters and two 360 degrees rotating stern thrusters for precise mobility & dynamic positioning. Experience a new perspective from MS Voyager https://t.co/qX4LKglY5O pic.twitter.com/gmvYPs7jja

— Space Perspective (@SpacePerspectiv) November 15, 2022

Second, unlike more conventional ground-based ports, ships can sail to areas with good weather, allowing year-long operations in certain areas.

These two factors mean they will create more frequent launch opportunities, as well as more time options, including flights at sunrise and sunset.

What's more, the launch will be possible in various parts of the world, which will give customers the view of'surprising' from various parts of the Earth during ascents and dips.

Space Perspective will change your relationship with our planet by providing a classic astronaut experience in seeing Earth from dark space," Poynter was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.

Getting off geographical boundaries for launches and landings could speed up our mission to make this transformative experience more accessible to the world and international markets securely, reliably, and with minimal impact on our planet," he added.

"We've always imagined offering the opportunity to see the most extraordinary natural phenomena from outer space, including North Light, Italian boots, large-scale Delta Nil, and deep blue seas around the Bahamas," Poynter said. Sea Space Port like MS Voyager made it happen.

MS Voyager is named after the Voyager 1 Space Probe mission which, at the request of astronomer Carl Sagan, took photos of Earth from across the solar system on February 14, 1990.

The photo, now known as Pucat Blue Point, inspires Sagan's book of the same name and calls for humans to 'preserving and respecting' 'the only house we've ever known'.

Unlike rocket-based flights, Space Perspective promises a calm experience as its round pod is pushed into the planet's stratosphere by a balloon.

Space Perspective will move only at a speed of 12 miles per hour during climbing and descent.

From this launch it took about two hours to reach an altitude of 19 miles (30 km) officially in the stratosphere, the second layer of Earth's atmosphere.

During the climb, passengers will be able to see as far as 450 miles in all directions, and at the height of the summit they will see the total darkness of space and the curvature of the Earth.

Throughout the flight, tourists will be given breakfast, able to order drinks and sit relaxed in a luxurious lazier seat while enjoying exclusive views.

The non-laudian window will provide an opportunity for extraordinary photography from within the capsule, which is perfect for exclusive Instagram photos that would envy anyone.

Some Neptune's Spaceship capsules will be able to see each other in space from a distance of 20 to 30 miles, and will also be visible to people on land.

When it comes time to return to Earth at the end of the trip in the Neptune's pressure capsule, a splash-cone waiting for the patent essentially provides a smooth and gentle landing in water.

The ship will then arrive to stabilize the capsule, which will be lifted back to the sea spaceport with a specially created A-frame.

Customers who have purchased all the capsules for the group event even want to have their wedding there, according to the company that started selling flights at the end of June 2021.

Others may celebrate the anniversary of their milestone on capsules or bring the company 'to new heights'.