If you thought last year that it would be best to pick up and leave the planet, you will soon have a chance. As early as 2027, the Orbital Assembly Corporation plans to open the first space hotel. The complex, which is supposed to hover above the Earth’s atmosphere, will be called Voyager Station and at first glance strikingly resembles the legendary giant spinning wheel from Kubrick’s sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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According to Orbital Assembly Corporation, led by former pilot John Blincow, although the global pandemic has slowed construction preparations a bit, he still believes construction will begin in 2026. “We want to convince the public that the golden age of space travel is just around the corner,” Blincow said. in interview for CNN.
Although the hotel at first glance resembles the aforementioned Kubrick film, according to architect Tim Alatorr of the Orbital Assembly Corporation, Kubrick showed the world what such a space hotel should not look like.
“Kubrick wanted to make his hotel clean, sterile and alienated. Ours will be more like the most luxurious earthly hotels, “added Alatorr. Visitors can look forward to elegant bars, comfortable beds and, of course, regular showers.
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Nevertheless, according to society, you will be very clearly aware that you are in space. And not just because of the views you will never see from the ground. The hotel also offers a range of leisure activities to make sure that gravity in space really works differently.
The space hotel is not the only planned project of the company. Orbital Assembly Corporation is considering building research stations and wants to spark public interest in space travel. So far, however, he has more mundane worries: in the near future, he wants to continue ground tests and, above all, bring more investors to the Voyager Station project.
Space tourism could soon become big business: Elona Muska SpaceX, with which the Orbital Assembly Corporation is set to work to pick up a hotel into space, wants to take space tourists into orbit for a quarter of a million dollars. There is no doubt that a stay in a luxury space hotel will be even more expensive.
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