This Space Capsule Will Sent Into the Stratosphere With 9 on Board, Strapped to a Balloon

The new promised land of economic boom that is the commercial space industry manifests itself in many ways. Most of the companies operating in this business are going for rocket-launched (or rocket-powered) spaceships that can take civilians to the edge of space for brief views of the Earth from above. Few are even planning on taking people to space stations as soon as more of them will be in orbit. But fewer still are considering a diffe... (continue reading...)