I love balloons, but calling it a “spacecraft” is a bit misleading. Still sounds like a fun ride, though.
Sounds like a certain submersible that was briefly in the news.
It’s a lot easier to deal with 15 psi than tens of thousands.
It’s even easier to deal with not putting yourself in an unregulated ‘capsule’ of some description to look at stuff from the vantage point of [insert place where people die quickly].
I mean, look. If billionaires want to do this stuff, then fine. They should also sign waivers that, upon their death, transfers all their Ill-gotten gains to some sort of public trust for the good of the underprivileged.
Wait… they should just do that anyway.
They’ll get some <billionaires for only $125k! I think the only devil’s advocate I can play for this balloon ride is that it’s cheaper than the rockets and might give some bozos some empathy from the overview effect.