Luxury hotels in space

Actually it’s a fully functional luxury hotel. As early as 2022, for a hefty price you’ll experience five-star (five trillion-star?) accommodation in the coolness of space. From the orbital ‘private jet’ that delivers 16 sunsets a day to the Philippe Starck-designed station that comes with 15 weeks of prelaunch training, the future of interstellar interstition is now

THE NEXT GENERATION

After the proposed opening of Von Braun, the Gateway Foundation plans to construct a larger spaceport called “w”, with a capacity of 1 400 and almost 500 metres in diameter. This would act as a steppingstone for human colonisation of Mars and the moons of Jupiter.

the gravity

Von Braun Station is named after Wernher von Braun, whose pioneering work in physics is also used to generate the station’s gravity. Designed as a 190-metre wheel, Von Braun will rotate around a central point to create a centrifugal force similar in strength to the moon’s gravity. That doesn’t sound like much, but it’s the difference between being able to use a toilet normally and, well, not.

the transit

As well as life-support facilities, such as solar panels and air- and water-producing modules, Von Braun has a proposed rail transit system that would circle the outermost ring of the station.