The first shots from inside the world's largest capsule for space tourists

Space Perspective, a Florida-based company, presented the final version of the world's largest capsule designed to travel through space to transport 8 people on a luxury trip for $125,000 per seat.

The designers of the spherical capsule "Neptune - Excelsior" explained that it will be suspended from a giant balloon that will fly high (about 20 miles above the surface) until it reaches the required final limits and settles there for two hours.

The capsule is twice the size of Virgin Galactic's Spaceship Two, Blue Origin's New Shepard, and about four times the size of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule.

Space Perspective is now planning test flights, with the first human experiment possible later this year.

“With the largest windows ever launched into space and a spherical design that allows for the most spacious interior space of any human spaceflight capsule, our spaceship provides incredible panoramic views of Earth,” the company said in the promotional announcement.

The capsule is equipped with all the comforts of the world's first Space Lounge, enhanced with Wi-Fi, fine dining and plush seating.

“We are on the cusp of an incredible transformation — not only in the way we experience human capabilities in space, but also in what we conjure up when we think of the spaceship that will get us there,” said Taber McCallum, co-founder of Space Perspective.

Hydrogen will be pumped into the Space Perspective balloon, as the company explained that this provides a safe experience because the air itself does not mix with hydrogen.

When it is time to return to Earth, the balloon will gradually release a small amount of gas that turns into water until it can land, so there will be almost no emissions, unlike traditional launches that burn rocket fuel.

The company plans to manufacture multiple capsules for the Neptune spaceship, which will be launched from ships stationed in the ocean.

Are we alone in this universe? The answer may be very close!

Hopes for finding life outside our Milky Way galaxy were revived when astronomers announced on February 22, 2017, that the star “TRAPPIST-1” had seven Earth-like planets orbiting around it.

These scientists announced in a special press conference held at NASA headquarters the discovery for the first time of a "solar system" consisting of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star. Three of the planets in this system are definitely located in the region suitable for the emergence of life forms, meaning that the star provides these planets with the appropriate conditions.

These planets are described as neither too hot nor too cold, and the temperature on their surfaces is such that water, if available, is in liquid form. Interestingly, astronomers do not rule out the possibility of finding liquid water on all seven planets.

Astronomy specialists and experts in this field confirm that such discoveries bring humanity closer to answering the pressing question that has been pending since time immemorial: “Are we alone in this universe?”

Are we alone in this universe? The answer may be very close!

The system of seven planets is located in the constellation Aquarius, 39 light-years from Earth, a distance of more than 300 trillion kilometers. The seven planets revolve around the red dwarf, which was called “TRAPPIST-1”, after the “TRAPPIST” telescope, located in Chile, which is the newest of the European Southern Observatory, by which the planets were first seen in December 2015, and it was believed at the time that there were only three in number. The number later increased to the “magic” number seven.

Agents have concluded that the planets discovered in TRAPPIST-1 are similar in size to Earth or Venus, and that all seven planets could be in the habitable zone, but this has not been definitively proven.

In comparison with Earth, liquid oceans are the main condition for the emergence and development of life, and scientists believe that the “TRAPPIST-1” system is interesting primarily as a reference point for searching for extraterrestrial planets suitable for human life, and perhaps for the existence of life forms in space.

Are we alone in this universe? The answer may be very close!

The importance of TRAPPIST-1 lies in the fact that it is the first planetary system known to humans that includes seven rocky planets at the same time. The formations of TRAPPIST-1, with a red dwarf star and the seven planets orbiting it, may indicate the necessity of searching for Earth-like planets, as well as aliens, precisely in such stars.

Red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1:

This star does not resemble the Sun. It is a red dwarf that contains only 8% of the Sun’s mass, and its size is slightly larger than Jupiter. All seven planets in the system revolve near “TRAPPIST-1” in an orbit closer than Mercury in relation to the Sun. It provides favorable conditions for life due to the relatively weak brightness of the parent star, which is described as 2,000 times dimmer than our Sun.

Are we alone in this universe? The answer may be very close!

The information available to scientists about these planets so far is exciting and surprising. One of them has a year that is little more than a day and a half on Earth, and other planets in this group complete one revolution around the parent star in a time ranging from 4 to 73 days. It is also believed that the planets In this cluster, likely like the moon in our galaxy, one side always faces the "parent star."

Belgian astronomer Michael Guillon is optimistic about learning more about this planetary group, which is described as extremely wonderful, stressing in this context that what has been discovered is just the beginning.