Space Perspective’s planned $125,000-a-seat ride is heavy on the ambiance, if gazing down on Earth isn’t thrilling enough.

Space Perspective has revealed the cabin design for its upcoming Spaceship Neptune—a balloon-held capsule that, for thelofty price of $125,000, will take passengers to the edge of space.
Liftoffs aren’t slated to begin until late 2024, but newly released conceptual images of the Spaceship Neptune passenger cabin offer an early glimpse of what the experience couldlook like. But at $125,000 per seat, this is probably as close as any of us will ever get to actually stepping inside this thing.

The climate-controlled, pressurized interior cabin will be held aloft by a balloon as it rises to the stratosphere. Reaching a height of 20 miles (30 kilometers), passengers will have a 360-degree view of their surroundings, from which they’ll be able to see the curvature of Earth. The passengers will be able to…
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