A hotel outside this world is only a few years away from becoming a reality.
This decade will begin and complete the construction of the first hotel in mankind in outer space, according to the group behind it, the Orbital Assembly.
The 3-year-old company plans to begin construction of the Voyager station in low Earth orbit in 2025 and believes its interstellar station could be operational immediately after 2027, the Daily Mail reported.
The renderings of the heavenly hotel are cosmic-chic: the individual pods are attached to a rotating wheel, with tubes connecting the various areas forming an X, as if the wheel were.
Guests will not only pay for the novelty of the scenery – there will be a number of facilities on board, including themed restaurants, a health center, a cinema, gyms, libraries, concert venues, lounges and bars for viewing the Earth. in rooms for 400 people. Needs, including crew rooms, air, water and power, will also occupy part of the spacecraft.
Orbital Assembly also hopes to sell portions of the hotel to permanent stakeholders, including government agencies wishing to use the space as a training center or owners wishing to create a villa aboard the ship.
It is said to orbit the globe every 90 minutes, and the rotation of the circle will generate an artificial gravity similar to that of the moon. No construction costs were disclosed.
“This will be the next industrial revolution,” said John Blincow, founder of the Gateway Foundation, which will run some of the Voyager capsules, according to the Daily Mail. The aspect of rotation is “vital”, he added. Without gravity, humans cannot stay viable on a space station for a long time; Orbital aims to make multi-month stays on Voyager a possibility.
“People need gravity so their bodies don’t fall apart,” Blincow explained.
A robot called STAR (Structure Trust Assembly Robot) is set to build the Voyager frame into orbit once the company completes some gravity tests.
