Commercial space hotel- Is it worth it or not?

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Ever wanted to go to tourist destinations like Disney world or a cruise but now even better that you can go to space! The first commercial space hotel will open by Gateway Foundation which is designed as the world’s first space hotel called Von Braun Space Station, expected to open in 2025 [2]. The best part is that this will not be available only for the super-rich but the company, The Gateway Foundation aims to make it accessible to everyone [1].

The visual view of the space hotel on the rotating wheel. [1]

The cruise hotel will also have features like gravity, full working kitchens, bars, restaurants and interiors made with natural materials and colors. It will also have musical concerts, movie screening, and educational seminars and sports activities such as low-gravity basketball, low-gravity trampolining, and rock climbing. Tim Alatorre who is the senior design architect told Dezeen in an interview that the hotel will look like Stanley Kubrick’s Space Station 5 in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey which is a sterile, white, museum-like hotel. [1]

Internal view of the common area. [1]

The Space station will be build based on the technology used at the current International Space Station (ISS). The design is based on the concepts developed in the 1950s by Wernher von Braun. The space station will have 190 m diameter, having the shape of the wheel that will rotate to create a gravitational force that is similar to that which is felt on the moon and will permanently orbit the earth. The wheel will have 24 individual modules for accommodation each having 500 meters of floor area. The total population expected is 400 people approximately in the station including 100 tourists per week [1]. Some of the modules will be sold to the government which will be used for research and other rented for scientific purposes [3].

Internal view of each module. [1]

Similar to this is SpaceX Starship, a project by Elon Musk who aims to launch it no earlier than 2021.[4]

References

  1. Ravenscroft, T. (2019, August 29). Dezeen. Space Hotel architect Von Braun Space Station. Retrieved on 2019, November 28, from https://www.dezeen.com/2019/08/29/space-hotel-architect-von-braun-space-station/
  2. Palfrey, J. (2019, September 9). Lonelyplanet. Check out the plants for the first commercial space hotel. Retrieved on 2019, November 28, from https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/first-commercial-space-hotel
  3. Jacobo, J. (2019, September 15). Abc news. First commercial space hotel to have low-gravity basketball, rock climbing: Reports. Retrieved on 2019, November 28, from https://abcnews.go.com/Business/commercial-space-hotel-low-gravity-basketball-rock-climbing/story?id=65622817
  4. Henry, C. (2019, June 28). Space news. SpaceX targets 2021 commercial Starship launch. Retrieved on 2019, November 28, from https://spacenews.com/spacex-targets-2021-commercial-starship-launch/
  5. © Gateway Foundation 2019. Retrieved on 2019, November 28, from https://gatewayspaceport.com/

One thought on “Commercial space hotel- Is it worth it or not?

  1. Grońska Julia says:

    That’s a new approach to the way we think about hotels. We definitely aren’t thinking about being in a hotel in space. That’s innovative and exciting!

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