Yearning for that once in a lifetime ride, but just can't justify the 200k that would get you a seat on Virgin Galactic sub-orbital flight, then a ride aboard World View's gondola for a measly 75k may just be your ticket.
World View conducted a 1/10 scale, June 18th, to test of the critical systems. The craft rose to 120,000 feet then descended to 50,000 where it deployed a parafoil which allowed for an uneventful landing.
Chief technology officer Taber MacCallum wrote in an email to Discovery News - after reviewing the data, engineers will make the necessary changes. “We anticipate flying both sub-scale unmanned systems and full-mass simulator test articles,”
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