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Daily Mirror
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Travel
Maria Yamaguchi & Milo Boyd

New two-person cabin will let you visit space without a billionaire's budget

The Pale Blue Dot will soon be viewable by those without billions of pounds or an astronauts certificate.

Japanese startup Iwaya Giken has announced plans to launch commercial space viewing balloon flights that it hopes will bring an otherwise astronomically expensive experience down to Earth.

Company CEO Keisuke Iwaya said passengers do not need to be billionaires, go through intense training or have the language skills needed to fly in a rocket.

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