La Gateway Foundation he is building a space hotel inspired by the projects of the missile scientist Wernher von Braun.
For the association, the space hotel with artificial gravity will be operational by 2025, and will be assembled directly in orbit by robots and drones.
If the destinations on earth no longer satisfy you, you just have to wait a few years and enjoy your stay in the next space hotel. The designer of the Von Braun Space Station (this is the name of the project) showed many plans and details of a real resort in space.
A suite with Earth view
The Gateway Foundation's space hotel will have everything, including gravity. Kitchens, bars, inviting interiors, sumptuous furnishings. In 5 years it will start receiving tourists at the rate of 100 per week.
Tim Alatorre, architect of the project, wants to make space travel commonplace. “It will have to be an option like going on a cruise or Disneyland,” he reveals.
The hotel's first phase will be that of an exclusive spa, but falling costs will soon make it popular with the masses.
Technologies
Nothing exceptional: the space hotel will make use of technologies already present on the ISS, International Space Station, except for artificial gravity, a factor that will make staying in orbit decidedly more comfortable. A shower, a dinner and other actions will be possible in the same way as on Earth.
The inspirer of this project comes from afar and has seen a lot: Wernher von Braun who worked for the Nazi regime before collaborating with the USA, becoming an eminent expert at NASA.
A giant 190m diameter wheel will rotate around the station to generate gravitational force. 24 individual modules with beds and toilets will provide livable spaces for up to 400 people in total (between guests and crew).
Some modules will be sold as timeshare apartments. Still others will be used for scientific laboratories for institutions and private individuals. In the space hotel there will also be small compounds such as infirmaries and specific drug administration sections to combat typical disorientation disorders, such as choline and piracetam.
The interiors will use modern materials to replace wood and stone, but lighter and easier to clean.
The activities
Excluding the classic cruise ones (shows, films, dinners, sky observations), the orbital location will allow truly unusual activities. Low gravity basketball, for example, which promises to transform everyone into NBA-worthy spikers: similarly jumping, climbing and other "flying" games.
How will the space hotel be built?
The futuristic and pleasant holiday resort will benefit from automatic and semi-automatic construction systems such as the GSAL developed by Orbital Construction, and robots assisted by drones.
Gateway Foundation sees Von Braun Space Station as a break-in: the goal is to build other hotels, even larger ones, in step with the growth in demand for space tourism. The next project is already calibrated for a capacity more than tripled by 1400 people.
