
Go to space
๐ Repeatable๐ค 18+
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Experience the ultimate frontier by traveling beyond Earth's atmosphere, whether through commercial spaceflight or astronaut training. Currently accessible through companies like Virgin Galactic or Blue Origin, this represents the pinnacle of human adventure and technological achievement.
Difficulty
95/100Extreme
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Cost
$250,000 โ $500,000
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Time
longer
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People
1โ8
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Setting
outdoor
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Season
any
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Equipment
space suit, training certification
People who tried this
โItโs like a submarine door and you hear this steel bang and they lock it down and you think โIโm stuck here, Iโm not getting outโ,โ Boshuizen recalled. โIt felt no worse than a steep airplane take off,โ Boshuizen says, dispelling the idea that the sheer force of the propulsion would rattle and shake the capsule โlike the moviesโ. โIt only takes four to seven minutes to get to space,โ Boshuizen says, adding: โItโs very, very quick.โ โIt was more beautiful and more dazzling and more frightening than I ever imagined.โ
โAfter seeing the Earth, I looked down the payload bay at the telescope, and the thing I noticed was the light from the sun. The sun on Earth is filtered through the atmosphere; it can appear bright yellow or as that golden hue you get at sunset. In space, sunlight is nothing like sunlight as you know it. Itโs pure whiteness. Itโs perfect white light. Itโs the whitest white youโve ever seen. I felt like I had Superman vision. The colors were intense and vibrantโthe gleaming white body of the shuttle; the metallic gold of the Mylar sheets and the thermal blankets; the red, white, and blue of the American flag on my shoulder. Everything was bright and rich and beautiful. Everything had a clarity and a crispness to it. It was like I was seeing things in their purest form, like I was seeing true color for the first time.โ
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