Ever dreamed of viewing the world from 100,000 feet above Earth?
A Tucson company and an iconic Texas department store think a spaceflight might be the perfect holiday gift for the 1 percenters (and a window-shopper’s fantasy for the rest of us).
Here’s how the 89th annual Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, out this week, describes this “exclusive luxury gift”:
World View Exploration
at the Edge of Space
“This two-part adventure begins in 2016 with a behind-the-scenes invitation to a World View test flight. The Miraval Resort in Tucson, Arizona, is home for three nights; spend your days with the flight’s chase and recovery team and tour Biosphere 2 with original crew member and World View CEO Jane Poynter.
“In 2017, you and seven companions will experience 360-degree views of Earth as a high-altitude balloon lifts your luxury pressurized capsule 100,000 feet above our planet.
“$90,000 per person.”
World View, the Tucson space tourism company that plans to launch commercial operations in 2017, is “very fortunate and honored” to be a part of the Neiman Marcus tradition.
“In fact, we created a special AZ-centric exclusive package,” noted its director of corporate development, Andrew F. Antonio, in a news release Wednesday.
And that’s not Neiman Marcus’ only idea for six-figure stocking stuffers. A few others, as described by The Associated Press:
Whoa ... shred this ride with Keanu Reeves
Want to give the motorcycle enthusiast in your life a set of limited-edition wheels and a trip down the California coast with Keanu Reeves? The Arch Motorcyle & Ride Experience can be yours for $150,000. The package for two includes a limited edition KRGT-1 (steel and aircraft-grade billet aluminum frame with a 124-cubic-inch V-twin engine that produces 121 horsepower and matching 120 pound-feet of torque) and a two-day ride in the company of company owners Keanu Reeves and some other guy.
Whisky a go go
The perfect grab bag for a close circle of five whiskey-loving buds with a spending limit of $25,000 each. For $125,000, The Orphan Barrel Project puts you and your pals in the driver’s seat (not literally!) at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. There, you’ll go “barrel hunting” for bourbons recently discovered at old rickhouses and distilleries.
And you get 24 bottles of eight different Orphan Barrel bourbons, never to be tasted again, including two variants you and your tight circle dreamed up during your spirited tour.
Wild horses
Have you seen the 2015 Neiman Marcus limited-edition Mustang Convertible? No? Well, $95,000 gets you in it with people looking at you as you look over its steering wheel and feel the 700-horsepower supercharged engine under the hood of this TG40 heritage road demon.
Does going from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds intimidate you? Have no fear. The sparkly bow on this gearhead bling is a Ford racing school course.
