Jordan Soto, executive producer, Hart Energy: I'm Jordan Soto, here at OTC with another Hart Energy Live exclusive with Ryan Nascimento of Space Perspective.

Now you are doing something really cool with ABS in regards to gently ascending to the Kármán line, which is totally opposite of what SpaceX and Virgin Galactic are doing. Tell me about this partnership, how it came to be and how it's benefiting you guys.

Ryan Nascimento, lead spacecraft launch and recovery engineer, Space Perspective: Certainly. That's a great question. So ABS is providing third party verification and supporting us with Coast Guard interactions with innovative technology that we're creating and helping smooth that process over with the Coast Guard so that we can bring space travel to the masses.

JS: It’s really cool you're using offshore vessels as the launching point. What made you guys choose that path?

RN: So OSV is a very robust vessel, and so they're readily available in the industry and it provides a long deck which is what we need for launching the space balloon. It's a very long and tall balloon. It's over 200 meters long.

JS: I mean, it's quite a feat to have this gentle elevating experience, if you will. That changes your perspective. Whenever it comes to the carbon component of this vessel, what does that look like in regards to other space travel options?

RN: So Space Perspective is a carbon neutral company. So we're using hydrogen instead of rocket fuel to get to the edge of space with our space balloon. So clean energy is what we're trying to focus on.

JS: Everything that you guys are doing right now is really, really exciting. Those tickets, if somebody wanted to buy one, how much would it be?

RN: It's a little over $120,000, which you know, some of our competitors have much higher prices, and so we believe that this offers an entry point for a lot of consumers to get their first taste of space travel.

JS: And it's quite a tasteful experience at that.

That's another Hart Energy Live exclusive with Space Perspective here at OTC. To learn more about Space Perspective, go online to hartenergy.com.

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