Rendering of Orbital Assembly's planned Voyager Space Station (VSS). Image courtesy of Orbital Assembly.
While the concept of space tourism may sound ludicrous, plans to launch people into space as a vacation vs. a vocation are well underway.
Orbital Assembly, a large space construction company, announced this year in a virtual event on its YouTube channel that it was on track to begin construction on the world’s (er, galaxy’s) first space hotel by 2026 [...].
— The Washington Post
Scale comparison between the planned Voyager Space Station (200 meters/656 feet in overall diameter) and the existing International Space Station (73 meters/240 feet long and 109 meters/358 feet wide). Image courtesy of Orbital Assembly.
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If this is the first step toward Avenue 5, sign me up.
"You can't spell space without spa."
good, the future has been running behind schedule; it's time to catch up with sci-fi.
Eleysium, here we come.
How about universal healthcare first?
I’m familiar with the scale of the international space station - helpful.
those spokes though, will work like a dream catcher with asteroids
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