BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The future of the giant balloon that planned to take people to the edge of space from Brevard County is unknown after court records show the company behind the audacious plan was served an eviction notice on Friday.
Records show that Space Perspective owes $90,295 in unpaid rent to Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority which oversees the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville where they are headquartered. The space company has until Wednesday to evict vacate the premises, according to the eviction summons.
The company announced In October 2021 that secured $40 million in new funding, which was its target.
In September 2024, Space Perspective company announced that it had already sold more than 1,800 tickets at $125,000 a pop after they completed its second uncrewed flight test from Titusville, sending its “Spaceship Neptune” vessel to an altitude of 100,000 feet and back in about six hours.
And in October 2024, News 6 reported that Sir Richard Branson, the thrill-seeking billionaire behind the high-flying Virgin brand, was announced as a co-pilot for Space Perspective’s first crewed test flight of commercialized stratospheric balloon travel.
Space Perspective called their future passengers “explorers” and the slow, gentle six-hour ride was to include a meal and drinks as guests marvel at the thin blue line of Earth’s atmosphere.
Space Perspective’s X page has not has an update posted since December 5 and their Facebook page has been silent since December 12.
News 6 reached out to the communications and marketing team that would send press releases on Space Perspective’s behalf as recent as September 2024, but was told “we aren’t currently engaged” by them. They promised to share our inquiry with the “appropriate members of their team.”
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