Podcast: Jane Poynter's Plan To Lift Tourists To The Edge Of Space

Podcast: Jane Poynter’s Plan To Lift Tourists To The Edge Of Space

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Thursday, April 09, 2015 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

World View Enterprises, a space-tourism company, aims to offer tours of the planet from the upper atmosphere.
CEO Jane Poynter described their technology, which employs a balloon-and-parafoil system to lift passengers.
These tours are designed to last for several hours, providing passengers with unique views.

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We caught up with space-tourism company World View Enterprises’ CEO Jane Poynter at the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in Dallas, Texas. Poynter described the technology behind World View’s balloon-and-parafoil plan to lift passengers into the upper atmosphere for a several-hour tour of the planet.

Duration: 9:42

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