"Orbital Assembly Corporation announced plans to develop a space
business park, complete with artificial gravity, that’s designed to accommodate 28 guests in five modules built around a rotating
gravity ring.
The California startup is aiming to make its first Pioneer-class
space station operational by 2025, in what is an ambitious and
likely unrealistic timeline. That said, Orbital Assembly is intent on
making this the first commercial, hybrid space station that can be
leveraged for both research and leisure.
The Pioneer station is one of two designs for commercial space
stations currently being developed by the company, the first
being the Voyager Station announced back in 2021. However,
Pioneer is meant to precede Voyager, a larger undertaking that will
be built with the aim of it being a sort of luxury space hotel
capable of accommodating 400 guests at a time."
See:
https://gizmodo.com/orbital-assembly-space-hotel-artificial-gravity-1848855049
On 29-Apr-22 4:03 pm, dumpster4@hotmail.com wrote:
"Orbital Assembly Corporation announced plans to develop a space
business park, complete with artificial gravity, that’s designed to
accommodate 28 guests in five modules built around a rotating
gravity ring.
The California startup is aiming to make its first Pioneer-class
space station operational by 2025, in what is an ambitious and
likely unrealistic timeline. That said, Orbital Assembly is intent on
making this the first commercial, hybrid space station that can be
leveraged for both research and leisure.
The Pioneer station is one of two designs for commercial space
stations currently being developed by the company, the first
being the Voyager Station announced back in 2021. However,
Pioneer is meant to precede Voyager, a larger undertaking that will
be built with the aim of it being a sort of luxury space hotel
capable of accommodating 400 guests at a time."
See:
https://gizmodo.com/orbital-assembly-space-hotel-artificial-gravity-1848855049
The design shown in the illustration doesn't appear remotely plausible.
Sylvia.
On May/14/2022 at 16:56, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote :
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message news:jd244cF9k1pU1@mid.individual.net... >>>
On 29-Apr-22 4:03 pm, dumpster4@hotmail.com wrote:
"Orbital Assembly Corporation announced plans to develop a space
business park, complete with artificial gravity, that’s designed to
accommodate 28 guests in five modules built around a rotating
gravity ring.
The California startup is aiming to make its first Pioneer-class
space station operational by 2025, in what is an ambitious and
likely unrealistic timeline. That said, Orbital Assembly is intent on
making this the first commercial, hybrid space station that can be
leveraged for both research and leisure.
The Pioneer station is one of two designs for commercial space
stations currently being developed by the company, the first
being the Voyager Station announced back in 2021. However,
Pioneer is meant to precede Voyager, a larger undertaking that will
be built with the aim of it being a sort of luxury space hotel
capable of accommodating 400 guests at a time."
See:
https://gizmodo.com/orbital-assembly-space-hotel-artificial-gravity-1848855049
The design shown in the illustration doesn't appear remotely plausible.
Sylvia.
Agreed. The only thing this will succeed in is separating money from
foolish investors.
Imagine if you add a PNN propulsion module to this hotel. For launch
from Earth, I propose putting the whole thing, space hotel and PNN in
that Spinlaunch orbital accelerator. The possibilities are endless.
Alain Fournier
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message news:jd244cF9k1pU1@mid.individual.net...
On 29-Apr-22 4:03 pm, dumpster4@hotmail.com wrote:
"Orbital Assembly Corporation announced plans to develop a space
business park, complete with artificial gravity, that’s designed to
accommodate 28 guests in five modules built around a rotating
gravity ring.
The California startup is aiming to make its first Pioneer-class
space station operational by 2025, in what is an ambitious and
likely unrealistic timeline. That said, Orbital Assembly is intent on
making this the first commercial, hybrid space station that can be
leveraged for both research and leisure.
The Pioneer station is one of two designs for commercial space
stations currently being developed by the company, the first
being the Voyager Station announced back in 2021. However,
Pioneer is meant to precede Voyager, a larger undertaking that will
be built with the aim of it being a sort of luxury space hotel
capable of accommodating 400 guests at a time."
See:
https://gizmodo.com/orbital-assembly-space-hotel-artificial-gravity-1848855049
The design shown in the illustration doesn't appear remotely plausible.
Sylvia.
Agreed. The only thing this will succeed in is separating money from
foolish investors.
Why mess about? Why not imagine a Star-Trek style warp drive? People
could go up to the station by Star-Trek transporter as well - none of
that faffing around with launches into Earth orbit.
Even if I don't think the Space Hotel project that spurred this thread
is viable, it is that kind of thing that is needed to develop space.
On 2022-05-19 20:16, Alain Fournier wrote:
Even if I don't think the Space Hotel project that spurred this thread
is viable, it is that kind of thing that is needed to develop space.
Consider the station for 2001. People from different places go up there
and await the weekly flight to the moon (or vice versa).
Having a hotel/gas station in LEO would allow constant flow of refueling Starships to fill up huge gas tanks, as well as bring food, O2 etc. So
when there is a flight to Mars, the starship can stop there to get
refueled with a single docking, as well as get other supplies including passengers. And this station would serve Moon as destination as well as itself being destination.
The station itself can have the refueling system/pumps and mechanical
arms to reach for the refueling outlet in ships (which could be same as
used at the pad to fuel ship) instead of every ship needing to
duplicate this weight.
Orbital inclination would need to be chosen carefully. But at one
point, it may become more efficient to have a proper gas station in LEO instead of constantly sending small jerry cans of fuel to refuel ships.
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