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Mercedes-Maybach Is Back in the Blimp Business

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Mark Vaughn grew up in a Ford family and spent many hours holding a trouble light over a straight-six miraculously fed by a single-barrel carburetor while his father cursed Ford, all its products and everyone who ever worked there. This was his introduction to objective automotive criticism. He started writing for City News Service in Los Angeles, then moved to Europe and became editor of a car magazine called, creatively, Auto. He decided Auto should cover Formula 1, sports prototypes and touri

Mercedes-Maybach vehicles will transport space passengers on the ground on their way to their Space Perspective balloon flights. Beyond that, Maybach’s role in the venture is unclear.The Space Perspective craft is named Spaceship Neptune, consisting of a pressurized capsule that hangs beneath a hydrogen-filled balloon.The whole system has already flown, albeit without any passengers. They’ll have humans inside one by the end of the year, with paying humans by the end of 2024.

“Those who fly with Space Perspective, which is being regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration and follows guidelines established by NASA and the US Coast Guard, enjoy unprecedented views of our planet through the largest windows ever flown to space, a world-class meal and cocktail service, Wi-Fi, and lavatory—all from the comforts of the world’s first Space Lounge.”The company was founded by two graduates of Biosphere 2—Jayne Poynter and Taber MacCallum.

 

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