This wedding space is truly out of this world.
If the thought of nuptials on Earth sounds a little boring, a space travel company wants to give you the opportunity to get hitched at a venue looking down on the third rock from the sun instead.
The company, called Space Perspective, is offering couples an unforgettable way to say “I do” — putting lovers into orbit using a carbon-neutral balloon with giant windows to make the most of the ultimate view of planet Earth.
According to Jane Poynter, the co-founder of Space Perspective, the waiting list to get married amongst the stars is already light-years long.
“We’ve already had people wanting to be the first marriage in space, so we’ll see who is the first,” Poynter told The Cool Down.
The company assured its spacecraft, Neptune, offers a gentle experience for newlyweds.
Neptune will lift people off the ground at 12 mph, making the spaceflight essentially safe for anyone that can fly on an Earth-bound airplane.
According to the website, Spaceship Neptune is lifted to space by the company’s SpaceBalloon and is propelled by renewable hydrogen — with no rockets and none of the associated carbon footprint.
Those balloons carry Neptune capsules, which the couples can sit in and take in the beauty of Earth from above.
Poynter noted that Neptune staying secured to the SpaceBalloon is a pivotal difference from other travel in space.
“Unlike all other spacecraft whereby the crewed compartment separates from one flight system mid-flight and transfers to another flight system, Spaceship Neptune’s capsule remains secured to the SpaceBalloon the entire flight from liftoff to splashdown, creating a seamlessly safe and gentle flight,” she explained.
The website said the technology the spacecraft uses has already been “proven,” as it has been used for decades by NASA teams and other government agencies to “lift research telescopes and other heavy, sensitive instruments.”
Space Perspective was founded by two former crew members of Biosphere 2, an Earth system science research facility located in Arizona, which was originally constructed to explore the potential of closed ecological systems in supporting human life during outer-space missions.
Vincent Bachet, Space Perspective lead and development engineer, added that Neptune’s windows are going to be “the biggest windows flown into space.”
Using hyper-resistant materials and a special anti-UV coating, Space Perspective co-founder and co-CEO Taber MacCallum called them “the quintessential part of the experience.”
Couples wanting to experience the unique wedding destination can join the waitlist on Space Perspective’s website for late 2024.
However, you may need to rethink that wedding budget — prices start at $125,000 per seat.