NASA Veterans Are Building an Orbital Space Hotel With Artificial Gravity
NASA veterans in a new company are building the first space hotel! Featuring artificial gravity.
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Orbital Assembly Corporation, the company that wants to build space hotels
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I'm not trusting a private corporation to send me to space. People have to know even NASA and Russian Space Agency have had multiple issues. This is an airplane
I mean, a station would be needed at some point from where people can come and go to work sites, instead of having living quarters at every work site. So it wouldn't be a hotel, it would be living quarters for workers.
But we're not yet in a position to justify this, and I feel it's more likely that by then we would have humanoid robots to do everything humans could, probably remote controlled with VR and AI.
But we're not yet in a position to justify this, and I feel it's more likely that by then we would have humanoid robots to do everything humans could, probably remote controlled with VR and AI.
I'm tempted to throw a $100 bucks at this just to see.
SpaceX is a private corporation and a good 10 to 15 years ahead of NASA.
SpaceX is a private corporation and a good 10 to 15 years ahead of NASA.
Hell yeah I'll stay over in space. Just like flying in a plane, I just need enough alcohol to make it through take off I'm sure
They literally rely on NASA. And have flown what 3? crewed flights. Some of which have had problems? Wait until their first crewed flight kills someone... People are going to freak out. I see virgin galactic being more possible in my life. But this stuff. It's for billionaires
I just don't see personal spaceflight being sustainable until late in this century. we're like only 70 years out from sputnik and we've had mistakes not even 20 years ago.
Good luck to them. There's not really any specific engineering new hurdles that need to be cleared to achieve this(like new power sources or rocket tech), so it sounds be perfectly feasible with the right backing.
While I appreciate SpaceXs efforts, they are mostly certainly not 10-15years ahead of NASA.
While I appreciate SpaceXs efforts, they are mostly certainly not 10-15years ahead of NASA.
Yeah. While they did do that flight to the sun, Nasa's landing on asteroids and doing exploration.
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You're right, it's closer to 20-30 years. Guys NASA hasn't launched anything of their own since the space shuttles were grounded, it's all contracting to private rocket firms. They couldn't build a rocket if they wanted to.
Yeah lol, the basic premise of a space agency should be capability to get shit into space. NASA can't do that cost effectively.
They have the Atlas V which has had 85 launches...
And the SLS is supposed to launch this year.
They've also launched probes repeatedly. And Space X's human launches have all needed NASA. And there landing a rover on Mars next month. Elon is launching small satellites to go in to LEO to fund an insane project which is going to flood LEO with space junk. Nasa is far beyond that. Its impressive what they've done but to say their far beyond NASA is insane.
In terms of reusable rockets, which is space X's business they most definitely are. No government is even close to what space x is doing with their rocketry and their cost per launch is a fraction of what nasa spends because of it.
Assuming it's safe enough. Like a couple of years of successful launches. I'd do it.
No one here could afford it of course. Good for Tom Cruise and James Cameron and whatever billionaires can afford to go though.
No one here could afford it of course. Good for Tom Cruise and James Cameron and whatever billionaires can afford to go though.
Well if you feel lucky you can enter a "donation lottery" for a chance to win a seat lol
you're probably confusing dragon with Boeing Starliner which actually failed to reach the ISS in their unmanned test back in December 2019 a retest is scheduled in late March
Atlas isn't NASA it's a United launch Alliance rocket which is a joint venture between Lockheed and Boeing
I'll believe it when it finally lift off and that's not even talking about the absurd per launch price tag of 2 billion+ with that cash you could launch about 13 falcon Heavy in fully expendable mode(2018 prices) now of course SLS can send more tonnage per launch which is the only good thing about it however as soon as starship or Vulcan is operational that advantage will vanish. SLS could have been a decent rocket.. in the 90s/2000 but we're no longer in those period so it's just a giant waste of money
Eh to be fair, America has crippled the absolute fuck out of NASA bc something something fiscal something something "what has space ever done for me!?" something something "gubment bad!"
This idea of a SpaceX vs. NASA rivalry is pointless and quickly dying. One benefits from the successes of the other. Sure, SLS still exists because of political will, existing plans, and specific mission profiles, but NASA didn't commission Lunar Starship just for the sake of it. SpaceX builds Starship and NASA gets a relatively cheap way to get even bigger telescopes into orbit and bigger and better unmanned missions deep in the solar system. NASA probably wouldn't build rockets if they didn't need to.
Didn't we have a thread and talk about why this is the wrong idea about a year ago? Starlink satellites deorbit fast if they're not regularly running their thrusters.
And providing fast internet to remote and poor locations is hard to be critical of.
Well if you feel lucky you can enter a "donation lottery" for a chance to win a seat lol
you're probably confusing dragon with Boeing Starliner which actually failed to reach the ISS in their unmanned test back in December 2019 a retest is scheduled in late March
Atlas isn't NASA it's a United launch Alliance rocket which is a joint venture between Lockheed and Boeing
I'll believe it when it finally lift off and that's not even talking about the absurd per launch price tag of 2 billion+ with that cash you could launch about 13 falcon Heavy in fully expendable mode(2018 prices) now of course SLS can send more tonnage per launch which is the only good thing about it however as soon as starship or Vulcan is operational that advantage will vanish. SLS could have been a decent rocket.. in the 90s/2000 but we're no longer in those period so it's just a giant waste of money
No I'm not confusing Space X has had failures.
And Atlas is a Nasa rocket. The fact they contract out doesn't change that. That's like saying The Saturn V was really a Boeing and Douglas rocket. It was created directly for the US Air Force (now Space Force)
And yes it's expensive and has had delays it's accountable to science and safety not market forces.
And none of you comments go to the point space x is 20-30 years ahead of NASA. Again their not landing on other celestial bodies regularly doing actual science. When that starship actually lands on other planets or the moon they will be were NASA was... in 1969...
Sure, I'm sure Elon who came from a family that exploited african miners is really concerned about them. You know he could do this with his billions and not in this fantasy way.
The US did it with the electrification of the rural US with the New Deal and not with some sci-fi plan that will not be as reliable or cheap as just stringing a wire.
This is all billionaires fueling their egos. Space Xs greatest feats have been doing the same things states have been doing for decades, though the relanding of the boosters is pretty cool (though nasa was reusing boosters and spaceships in the 80s) . That's great it cheaper! We need cheaper things for LEO.
It's just this write off of NASA and their support for all of these groups and the ground breaking work because billionaires are more flashy is bad
My comment was in conversation regarding it being called an "insane project" which is dismissive of its value to those communities, regardless of the motives. So this seems like an excessive and weird tangent, but ok.
So when is "the government" (nevermind how that would work on a global level) going to provide high speed internet access everywhere in the world? Is the Biden admin planning that? Is this a big topic among politicians, left or right? Anyone with a proposal trying to push for that?
Jesus C the fanboying of space companies. They offer valuable services to NASA, yes, they have taken market shares on rocket technology, yes, they're not somehow equivalent to NASA in scope and breadth.
In the US, yes. His FCC chief is making it a priority and Elon wasn't doing this for africa https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles...-the-digital-divide-is-very-real-and-very-big
In other news 20-30 years ahead of NASA
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Another SpaceX Starship nails clean test flight, but explodes on landing
It’s the company’s second rocket prototype to perish in an explosive landing attempt.
www.theverge.com
In the US, yes. His FCC chief is making it a priority and Elon wasn't doing this for africa https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles...-the-digital-divide-is-very-real-and-very-big
In other news 20-30 years ahead of NASA
Another SpaceX Starship nails clean test flight, but explodes on landing
It’s the company’s second rocket prototype to perish in an explosive landing attempt.
Can you provide a link that isn't pay-walled about the Biden admin's plan to offer global high speed internet coverage including in remote locations?
Ah your talking in general and not on a crew mission in this case falcon 9 failed 2 time(crs-7&amos-6) out of hundred'ish successful launch as such falcon 9 is a reliable and safe rocket by pretty much any definition
I'm sorry but by your own shitty definition wouldn't falcon 9 be a NASA rocket since NASA provided money for its development?
Wtf does that even mean lol
prototype are expected to fail don't get me wrong sn9 did fail i'm not denying that but to dismiss spaceX advance just because of that is just plain stupid
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Company plans to start building private Voyager space station with artificial gravity in 2025
Voyager Station will be able to accommodate 400 guests, its builders say.
www.space.com
This seems like the kinda thing that will be de-orbited due to unsustainability 5 years after opening.
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Inside the space hotel scheduled to open in 2025
Orbital Assembly Corporation is planning to build Voyager Station and Pioneer Station, two space hubs in the sky. The company says its space stations are the future of space tourism.
www.cnn.com
