The high-flying Spaceship Neptune will transport passengers to the edge of space

Spaceship Neptune by Space Perspective.

There’s a sub-orbital space race underway right now, with several companies vying to be the first to use a stratospheric balloon to lift paying passengers to the very edge of space. We’ve previously reported on HALO’s Aurora space capsule, and now it’s the turn of Space Perspective, a Florida-based firm that describes itself as a ‘high-altitude flight tourism company’.

(Image credit: Space Perspective)