If you want to tether yourself to a massive balloon and gracefully float to space alongside several strangers, this could be your shot. Fintech-as-a-service platform Rapyd has launched a series of virtual challenges dubbed “Hack the Galaxy” which developers can complete in order to win tickets to ride to the edge of space in a private capsule launching in 2026.
Beginning Tuesday until October 3, Rapyd members will have an opportunity to compete in a total of 42 challenges that are to be posted weekly in the company’s developer community forum. Each solution will reveal a password unlocking an entry to win tickets to the edge of space aboard the Space Perspective Spaceship Neptune, which is basically a big hydrogen balloon tied to a nice-looking room about the size of a New York studio apartment equipped with chairs, small tables and a few plants that really balance out the pod’s postmodern aesthetic.
Three winners and one winning hackathon team will be invited to board the ship, which Space Perspective is touting as the world’s only carbon-neutral spaceship. Passengers will ascend to the edge of space at a leisurely 12 miles per hour, where they’ll have the choice to either take their seats or witness their trembling knees collapse beneath them as they gawk in awe of the titanic scale of the planet through the panoramic windows.
Read more: jpost
