Ms. Poynter said the price for a ride would be more expensive than the $75,000 that World View had planned to charge, probably about $125,000. Instead of trying to steer by finding winds blowing in the desired direction, Space Perspective’s balloon will lift off and head in the direction of that day’s winds. If all goes according to plan, the first flights with passengers might take off around the beginning of 2025, nearly a decade after the target date the founders had set for World View. In addition to World View, Ms. Poynter and Mr. MacCallum have attempted other ambitious space projects. “We have done a lot of hard things in our day," Mr. MacCallum said, “and some have worked out and some of them haven’t.

Source: International New York Times June 18, 2020 15:22 UTC