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This balloon could float passengers 20 miles into the sky for $75,000

Julia Calderone   

This balloon could float passengers 20 miles into the sky for $75,000
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WV in space

World View

Watch out, Virgin Galactic. There's a new space tourism company in town.

A company called World View is planning to float passengers up to the edge of space - about 20 miles into the sky - via balloon by the end of 2016.

This 5-hour joy ride will include cocktails, stunning views of the stars, the blackness of space, and the curvature of Earth, all for the hefty sum of $75,000 - about the price of a new entry-level Tesla.

Here's a peak at what it'll be like to float at an altitude of 100,000 feet, above 99% of Earth's atmosphere.

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