Day 4223: Space Meal and Books.

 

    

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The World’s Most Expensive Meal Will Cost You $495,00 and It Will Be Served in a Space Balloon

Space Perspective

A space tourism firm has enlisted chef Rasmus Munk, whose Alchemist restaurant has two Michelin stars, to create a specially themed meal for its space-balloon flight.

Forget the freeze-dried space meals and Tang. One of the first luxury-space tourism companies is hosting a meal aboard in the stratosphere that is priced at $495,000 each. Now, they just need to find a group of six to pay for what amounts as history’s most expensive meal, on Earth or in space.

SpaceVIP has enlisted chef Rasmus Munk, whose Copenhagen-based restaurant Alchemist has earned two Michelin stars since 2020, to cook one of his most impressive meals and serve as host aboard a space balloon. Space Perspective’s Spaceship Neptune can seat eight passengers and a captain. In honor of the occasion, the “astronauts” will be wearing made-to-measure clothing by Ogier. Think stylish space suits.

The meal in the stratosphere takes place in this capsule lounge

Space Perspective plans to begin manned test flights by the end of this year, with commercial flights starting  in 2025. The company recently received the capsule for Spaceship Neptune, and will begin test flights with its space balloon in the next six weeks. Its MS Voyager ship will be used as its command center, launching, and retrieving the balloon from the waters off the east coast of Florida. Space Perspective is based in the NASA complex on Cape Canaveral. The six-hour journey will involve ascending at 12 mph in the capsule to about 100,000 feet, where the participants can see the Florida peninsula. A company spokesperson said the meal will be served as the sun rises over the curvature of the earth. The Wi-Fi on board will let the guests report their trips live.

 

Chef Rasmus Munk, whose restaurant Alchemy has two Michelin stars, wants to open a wider discussion about the fate of Earth during the meal.

 

Munk, who focuses on what he calls holistic cuisine, will prepare a series of dishes “inspired by space exploration during the last 60 years of human history.” Beyond culinary delight, the food is meant to inspire a discussion on humankind’s role in protecting the planet. “I want to highlight food as a common thread in our human existence, and it will be truly meaningful to serve it while gazing down at the Earth’s curvature,” the chef said in a statement.

Munk himself has been a space geek since childhood, hooked after he saw the stars at the Copenhagen Planetarium. Alchemist, in fact, has a large planetarium dome that lets its guests dine surrounded by projections of underwater sea life, inside a human body or, appropriately, looking down on the curvature of the earth.

“This mission is poised to redefine not just private exploration, but the very essence of fine dining,” said Roman Chiporukha, founder of SpaceVIP in a statement. If the cost of the trip sounds excessive, it is. A typical seat on Space Perspective’s capsule costs about $150,000. SpaceVIP said it will donate the proceeds of the trip to fund the Space Prize,  the company established to promote women in STEM education, gender equity in the space economy.

A SpaceVIP representative said dates for the mission are not set yet, but it should happen in 2025. Presumably, the firm will also need to find seven foodies with open minds and very deep pockets.

I've met some really great friends over the 11+ years that I have blogged, almost daily. It's amazing how close you can feel to someone you have never met in person, but feel like you know well and you care.

There's a lot of you out there, but today I want to mention Rad Nana, (her Grandkids gave her the name). I originally knew as Lynn. I am not sure how many years it has been but I can name numerous kindnesses. The most recent being a Prime envelope on my doorstep. I hadn't ordered anything,  I was puzzled. When I opened it, I found 

 

 

Rad Nana had sent me a book, an amazing book. It is interesting and brings a foggy brain to attention. It is deep and I am reading it slowly. I mentioned to Rad Nana that it was like reading someone's thesis, with a myriad of footnotes. It may take me a while, but I do want to read all of it. A few days ago, another Prime envelope. Rad Nana to the rescue!

 

What a fun book! I am only a third through, but it is such a fun, easy read for an 82 year old. But, the biggest gift, is the sweet, thoughtfulness of a kind friend I have never met in person. I told her, if we were nearer, I would be knocking on her door to see if she could come play? Hopefully someday ?!

Thanks again, Rad Nana!

 

 

 

 

  

 

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