Japanese balloon startup wants to 'democratize space' – with $180,000 ticket price
Japanese startup Iwaya Giken has pulled the sheets off a two-seater airtight sphere that it plans to hook to a helium balloon and send space tourists into the stratosphere.
"Everyone" who has ¥24 million, almost $180,000, burning a hole in their pocket anyway. But for commoners who are unlikely to ever see that amount of money in their lives, Iwaya said he will eventually gun for a slightly more palatable several million yen, or tens of thousands of dollars.
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