John Desmarais Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 A little bit of technology to work into your science-fiction. First room launched for space hotel July 17, 2006 8:03 AM PDT There's a new object orbiting Earth that could be the first step in the construction of an inhabitable complex in space. Genesis I, built by Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas, was successfully launched into orbit by a converted Russian ICBM on Wednesday. This inflatable 14-foot demonstration craft (artist's drawing left) is the first launch toward the company's overall mission--to build an affordable human space complex that is accessible to the commercial sector by 2015. http://news.com.com/2300-11397_3-6093888-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBikle Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Re: Space Hotel A little bit of technology to work into your science-fiction. http://news.com.com/2300-11397_3-6093888-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg So long as they don't make the same mistake that the crew of the Jupiter 2 made by bringing this guy along... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Danger, Will Robinson, danger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Why does this sound like the premise of a sitcom to me? Actually this is pretty neat stuff. The technology they develop could lead to newer, cheaper space habitats. Heck, this could be used as an escape destination in case something goes wrong on the IIS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBikle Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Danger' date=' Will Robinson, danger![/i'] "Silence, you tin-plated ninny !" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Re: Space Hotel The inflatable thing just got me thinking of those rented blow up houses that people rent for their kid's birthday. "I'm sorry sir, but the contract clearly specified 24 hours. Time to pull the plug." "But, it's hard vacuum out there!" "Well, time to renegotiate...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Microgravity would make those bouncy things so much more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerz123 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Microgravity would make those bouncy things so much more interesting. Sounds like a Mightybec quote In all seriousness, I think the first people to do space tourism are going to make a fortune... of course, you have to have a fortune to start off with to get it going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Excellent! A Sp'hotel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale A. Ward Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Re: Space Hotel I just had a vision of the Travelocity Roaming Gnome in a space suit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrPuma Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Affordable to whom would be my question. (I always knew that, if an asteroid hit, Donald Trump would survive and I wouldn't.) Enough cynicism. It is cool to see somebody taking the notion of space habitats seriously, even if it is just to line their pockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Affordable to whom would be my question. (I always knew that, if an asteroid hit, Donald Trump would survive and I wouldn't.) Enough cynicism. It is cool to see somebody taking the notion of space habitats seriously, even if it is just to line their pockets. It starts with the rich, and comes down to the rest of us. Like automobiles, computers, transatlantic flight, and gobs of other stuff. So this is a start. It probably won't be affordable to me in my lifetime (short of some serious life-expanding technology, which is quite possible), but it'll be there. "Silence' date=' you tin-plated ninny !"[/size'] Shouldn't that be "bubble-headed booby"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Shouldn't that be "bubble-headed booby"? I got spam with that title this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Re: Space Hotel I got spam with that title this morning. I envy you. The only spam that makes it past my filter these days are boring fraudulent stock tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Re: Space Hotel http://www.adastragames.com/news.cgi?msgid=599 Pictures: http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/index.php That inflatable thing was made by a man named Bob Bigelow, who bears a more than passing resemblance to D. D. Harriman from Heinlein's THE MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON. NASA originally developed the inflatable station concept in the 1960's under the name "Transhab" http://www.lunar-reclamation.org/transhab.htm However they dropped it. Bigelow, who is a motel entrepreneur but also a space fantatic, found the Transhab study, and has been pouring his money and energy into the concept ever since. His results are most impressive. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bigelow_spaceprize_040927.html Sly like a fox, he has also put up a $50 million dollar reward for the first team to build an orbital vehicle capable of carrying up to seven astronauts to an orbital outpost by the end of the decade. Of course such a craft would be perfect to ferry paying customers to one of his inflatable motels. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bigelow_spaceprize_040927.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Re: Space Hotel Here's a website that very briefly discusses space tourism and provides some links. It's also a part of a website about space exploration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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