World View
Emerging Stratospheric balloon testing company
Seeking to provide affordable near space experiences for private investors
Composed of experts in high altitude ballooning and a team of retired NASA Astronauts
Established in Tucson, AZ in October of 2013
“World View® is pioneering a new frontier at the edge of space and leading the way in the emerging stratospheric economy.”
As an active, full-service commercial launch provider, World View is opening up new possibilities for commercial customers around the world
Hold the current world record for highest human balloon flight
Before the first Rocket Launch by the US in 1961, scientists experimented with High Altitude Balloons to test the physiological aspects of the human body with
regards to Space
In addition, high-altitude balloons have been used to study deep space astrophysics, and to make important Earth Observations
Because of this World View wants to offer commercial balloon flights to altitudes exceeding 100,000 feet for research and leisure uses
World View was founded and incorporated in 2012 by a team of aerospace and life support veterans, including Biosphere 2 crew-members Jane
Poynter and Taber MacCallum, Dr. Alan Stern (the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto), and
former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly
The company designs, manufactures and operates stratospheric flight technology for a variety of customers and applications
The company operates via two primary business segments: Stratollites un-crewed flight systems and Voyager human spaceflight systems
The Stratollite
Remotely operated, unmanned flight, navigable vehicle that can remain aloft for days, weeks, or months at a time
Able to control altitude automatically
Can carry wide variety of payloads such as research sensors, communication arrays, telescopes, etc.
Geostatiant controllability over a certain point
KFC testing: KFC provided sponsorship for multi-day controllability testing
Different types of application including Government, Commercial, and Education
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