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February 8, 2022

Fraud case takes air out of space balloon race

Plans to take people to the edge of space in balloons have raised money and delivered little


Maija Palmer

4 min read

Render of EOS-X Space balloon capsule

What is it about space balloons? A Spanish space tourism company has landed in court after being accused of fraud by one of its investors, taking some of the air out of the space balloon hype.

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