Rotating space station, low gravity and luxury hotel

2021/03/09

Rotating space station, low gravity and luxury hotel

Orbital Assembly Corporation, a new construction company run by former pilot John Blincow, the first major project will be the Voyager Station

Voyager Station is a rotating space station designed to produce varying levels of artificial gravity by increasing or decreasing the rate of rotation. The station has been designed from the start to accommodate business, manufacturing, national space agencies conducting low gravity research, and space tourists who want to experience life on a large space station with the comfort of low gravity and the feel of a luxury hotel

Source: Voyager Station / Orbital Assembly

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Alatorre and his team want to bring a slice of earth to space, guests might be in space, but they can still enjoy regular beds and showers.

That's not to say the hotel will ignore the novelty of being in space altogether. There will be offering some activities that highlight the fact that you're able to do things that you can't do on Earth, because of the weightlessness and the reduced gravity, you'll be able to jump higher, be able to lift things, be able to run in ways that you can't on Earth, he said.

---- 9News

The company Orbital Assembly Corporation has revealed it plans to begin construction on the Voyager Station — humanity’s first space hotel — in 2025. The celestial resort will be operational by 2027.

There will be a slew of onboard amenities, including themed restaurants, a health spa, a cinema, gyms, libraries, concert venues, Earth-viewing lounges and bars, in addition to rooms for 400 people. Necessities including crew quarters, air, water and power will also take up a portion of the space facility.

---- New York Post

The physics involved in sleeping within a space hotel is similar to spinning water in a bucket. Much in the same way one can spin a bucket in a circle, keeping the water inside of it, the space hotel would simulate gravity in a similar manner. This makes comfortable rooms and stylish bar experiences possible.

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But before the station can start spinning, its builders must establish the necessary orbital infrastructure and create smaller structures to test the concept. Blincow explained that the current plan is to build the rotating space station in stages, beginning with a small-scale prototype station, in addition to a free-flying microgravity facility, both using Voyager components.

"This will be the next industrial revolution," Blincow said.

---- Space.com

NASA’s Perseverance rover recently drove on Mars’ surface and sent back images of ground conditions on the red Planet. But it isn’t just government organisations who are interested in the far reaches of space. Several private companies see the potential in space tourism and are working hard to make that a reality. There are even talks about a future partnership between Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the Gateway Foundation.

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