Submitted by EricFromOuterSpace t3_zyb1l9 in Futurology
First to die streaking in the vacuum!
I bet some mad scientist is going to invent a transparent, skin-tight suit that survives outer space for this reason specifically.
It’s like the Titanic but in space
“Solar systems first space hotel malfunctions and kills all aboard”
Hey hey now, let's be optimistic here...
“Solar systems first space hotel malfunctions and maimed everyone on board” that’s as far as I’m willing to bend here.
the orbital hotel in 2001 is a hilton. they have played a long game...
The hotel on mars in total recall is a Hilton
I knew it was in a movie, but for some reason my brain was jumping to one of the Bonds, like Moonraker.
If only Pan Am lasted as long as Hilton has. Imagine a Starship in Pan Am colours…
Wasn't the airliner in 2001 a Pan Am?
It was. And like Hilton, they too were offering reservations to go to the moon.
Maybe someone could try bringing them back to life?
I wonder if they’ll mail me back my shoes if I forgot them on the space station
Mail? No.
“Air drop”… yes
Orbital drop your shoes on top of your house.
Unless you pay for premium packaging, they'll burn up on reentry...
The premium package includes a tungsten rod so you won’t be too happy about it either
But the soles are made of rubber, just gotta angle it right.
Space drop…
They will just go outside and give them a good toss when they get over your house.
Maybe the orbital re-entry will get rid of the smell 😂
Lost luggage is ejected on a solar trajectory. Sorry.
Sounds like the same strategy with sports venues. Get the taxpayers to foot the cost of building the attraction, then build a playground for the rich. Same game, new setting.
It’s been much discussed in science fiction prior.
Now its just science 😢
Once this was proven safe (at least a few thousand visitors) I would save up and do this at least once in my life.
And once you're comfortable with the illusion of said safety, I'll gather up a crew of diverse rogues with nothing to lose to pull off the first space hotel heist.
Imagine Die Hard... but space!
Isn't this loosley one of the sides plots to The Fifth Element?
You are 100% correct. Also I just watched Die Hard. Lol
I wonder if they have comically large bags of money with dollar signs on them up there
I would go while it still dangerous. More fun and if I die at least I will good down in history, as a small foot note sure but still history.
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It's cute you think that the 1% aren't going to hoard resources up there.
They're salivating at the prospect of finally being beyond the reach of working class revolutions, sitting up there casting bombs down on anyone that would dare threaten their wealth.
They want to become immortal gods floating safely above Earth in a paradise built off the backs of everyone trapped in the dirt.
> hoard resources up there
What? Do you imagine them hoisting ton of gold bars into LEO? It's an awfully precarious place to try and sit out some instability, especially after recent demonstrations of satellite killing missiles.
You wouldn't even need missiles you just need to pick a hole suck all the air out. You could do this with a laser array from industrial laser cutters and a lot of optical lens to focus lasers. Additionally as the rich are just sitting ducks you would have many attempts to get it right.
There's an asteroid in the belt between Mars and Jupiter with more gold than all that has ever been mined on Earth.
That will be mined and refined, possibly in orbit, and over time manufacturing will migrate into space to join them. The window in which we have to land resources on Earth to process it and relaunch it will be maybe 100 years after it starts.
Every raw resource on Earth you can think of exists in far greater quantities in space, between Earth and the belt. Water, iron, copper, silica, you name it. Only plants, animals, and petroleum are more abundant planetside than in space.
And, of course, they will heavily defend it, and they will crush any effort to threaten them from the surface of the planet.
And if you don't think every oligarch on Earth will be onboard, you haven't been paying attention to recent geopolitics and how the mega-rich in Russia, America, Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, even North Korea all play nice together.
Who the fuck cares about the geopolitics of space mining in 200 years?
Lol they wouldn't be safe at all but massive targets, if they in LEO at proper terrorist organisation could just kill them all using a laser array on earth made from a bunch of industrial laser cutters and some focal lenses. Space crafts are extremely flimsy it wouldn't take much to destroy them, additionally their location is visible to everyone so they can't hide either.
Now if they built shit underground on the moon that's a different story (pun intended).
Sounds like you'd enjoy Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light...
Not until they get free power and ignore entropy. In a few hundred years we might have the tech to sustain something like that, but until then there's always going to be a need for food, water, reaction fuel, vitamins, etc.
This isn't a creative writing class. Nobody's hoarding resources up there while it's been perfectly fine and easier to do it here.
Stop writing silly suff because you think it sounds cool
SS: From the article:
American hospitality giant Hilton recently signed a deal with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin to build the solar system’s first space hotel onboard Starlab, a space station currently under development. The deal, which came together during the International Astronautical Congress in Paris, will see Hilton designing the hospitality suits and sleeping arrangements for Starlab.
Voyager Space and its operating company Nanoracks are developing the Starlab space station in collaboration with Lockheed Martin. Aiming to be operational as early as 2027, Starlab is one of three private space station projects which received funding from NASA as a part of the Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) project. Nanoracks received $160 million from the program — the largest individual award — while the other recipients were Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus-based space station. The three CLD awards follow an existing $140 million contract with Axiom Space, but the partnership with Hilton is the first of its kind among the other stations in development.
I mean this is what space travel will be, mega corps and countries all trying to dominate new territory. Sci fi horror tropes be damned
It's always so fucking weird to see people celebrating the slow privatization of space travel.
Like, this is a Sci fi sub, have these idiots EVER read a piece of science fiction literature?
Shit like this disgusts me.
I don't want Kim Kardashian staying at a "space Hilton" because it's a tiktok trend.
I want FUCKING SCIENTISTS in space.
....the future is fucking grim, we've learned nothing.
What's the problem with people enjoying space that aren't scientists? It's not like scientists won't also be in space.
...because this shit will be built with public funds.
Just like SpaceX
SpaceX is "private" in name only, it was really largely funded by NASA.
The public is funding these privatization efforts, that the majority of us will never benefit from.
It's madness. We are throwing money at some of the richest people/organizations on planet earth, that they will own and control forever.
....so now, American taxpayers subsidized the creation of SpaceX's rockets, but we don't control them.
NASA invested more money into SpaxeX than musk himself.
The American taxpayer is both SpaceX's largest investor AND consumer...yet, somehow, doesn't own/control the entity.
It's fucking insane. People should be outraged.
public funds pay for services, even services you don't use nor are entitled too. the largest customers are governments for space travel now. the commercialization aims to shift that, shifting that also insulates the 'private companies' from large government budget swings. there are other US based rocket companies, SpaceX just won the bid. even NASA didn't build the original space proam machinery, it was contracted out, but those contractors were diverse aviation and industrial system companies. back then there was no practical thought of sending an everyman into space...ohh wait, I think that was Sally Ride, oops Christa Mcaullife was the teacher recruited as an astronaut, and might ve been a few others where NASA was trying to market the space program to the public so budgets didn't get cut doing science in space that has no monetization avenue at the time.
I think you should just accept that there will be a keeping up with the Kardashians in space episode story arc.
I cant wait for them to break the internet from space.
And they'll be having some asinine conversation about their shallow relationships in 0g, totally bored by the experience.
...I'm already angry.
You should try to avoid letting things out of your control upset you. But yeah your right about that
Any tips on how to do that? Awesome concept, but my monkey brain doesn’t like it.
I get your point but that’s how it works.
Scientists have to be paid, and if they’re going to be paid with public funds, then there needs to be public interest so governments can fund it.
To drum up public interest, we send the TikTok celebs to space.
Honestly I agree but if things like "space Hilton" destinations are limited then what's the issue? As it stands most of the upcoming space stations in development are intended for scientists and engineers to use
This is how many industries start - a product or service for those than can afford it but eventually the price drops. Cars, televisions, air travel, computers, and hopefully in a few decades space travel.
A-fucking-greed!!
I feel like this is the prequel story for Elysium (Matt Damon)
Sigh,..... only a few decades behind schedule
when you grow up watching epic sci-fi like 2001: a space odyssey and blade runner it all kind of makes you say....
this shit was already suppose to have happened, where the hell are our flying cars?!? they promised us flying cars!!!! God i hate this timeline.
at least we're not in the 12 monkey's or children of men timeline... wait . what
Reality is unfortunately not as kind to sci-fi visions. Not to mention some ideas turned out to be not so cool after some extensive thinking.
Flying cars for example seemed like the most awesome thing ever, but then you realize there would be a LOT more traffic fatalities and 9/11 revealed their potential use by terrorists. Which is most likely the reason why the flying cars we're actually seeing in production are autonomous.
>Reality is unfortunately not as kind to sci-fi visions
and unfortunately the dystopians seem to nail it.
Its gonna cost a trillion dollars to do lol just solve some of the problems on earth? Like why do we blatantly ignore shit and build a fuckin space hotel
Space Hotel is more profitable for certain people. The unfortunate reality is that these people have an abundance of two things, and a lack of one thing. I’ll list the three and you can work out which are which.
Money, power, interest in helping others
But like wouldnt the ultimate power trip be saving the human race?
One would think so, yes. But part of the power they hold is maintaining the system of haves and have-nots. If they solved the world’s problems and people didn’t have to suffer so goddamn much, they’d start losing their grip.
The tech they will need to build something like this will eventually benefit everyone.
Ultimately it's Hilton's decision as a business.
In the broader schemes of renewed space interest there are going to be plenty of opportunities for innovation and employment so not sure what the issue is there.
How many Hilton Honors points am I going to need to book a night?
Spend billions to stay at space hotel.
Spend most of the time there playing Playstation.
I mean besides a space walk and star gazing, what else is there to do up there?
Is Proto Zoa gonna throw the first concert in space or something?
This is our sign to break the system into tiny pieces until everyone on earth has a home, food, water, education and healthcare for free/commonwealth covered.
Well, you know Avenue 5 is flip when not a single person in the comments brings up the possibility of a perpetual shit ring orbiting the space hotel.
Serious question. How do I get a job on the design team?
NASA contributed a crisp fiver to the cause. They will never financially recover from this...
I wonder how much fuel would be burned to bring a guest to this hotel and how you could offset the carbon for a trip like this?
you guys really dont want to build one without fundamental, or a fabricator.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/EricFromOuterSpace:
SS: From the article:
American hospitality giant Hilton recently signed a deal with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin to build the solar system’s first space hotel onboard Starlab, a space station currently under development. The deal, which came together during the International Astronautical Congress in Paris, will see Hilton designing the hospitality suits and sleeping arrangements for Starlab.
Voyager Space and its operating company Nanoracks are developing the Starlab space station in collaboration with Lockheed Martin. Aiming to be operational as early as 2027, Starlab is one of three private space station projects which received funding from NASA as a part of the Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) project. Nanoracks received $160 million from the program — the largest individual award — while the other recipients were Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus-based space station. The three CLD awards follow an existing $140 million contract with Axiom Space, but the partnership with Hilton is the first of its kind among the other stations in development.
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I love space but this feels like something most people couldn’t afford, and even still the super rich would only try it once. I guess if they can make a profit that’s all that matters.
The only thing different about a space hotel is the view, getting a zero-g experience, and a few extra ways that you can die during your visit. Everything else can be done here on the ground easier, cheaper, faster, safer. How long can a guest safely live there? Aren’t astronauts limited to something like 1-2 years in space because of all the radiation? Does that mean staff have to sign waivers and be rotated every year?
“The view was excellent but the valet was terrible. 2 stars”
Just one thing important has to go wrong and everyone's screwed....I'll wait my turn not just cause I'm poor but cause let the guinea pigs go first to figure out the flaws
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“ hey room service I’ll like a bagel , 2 sunny side up eggs or should I say sunny next door 🥸and a tad a matcha oxygen bowl “
Sounds pretty futuristic, guarantee this would be hella popular though.
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> hospitality suits
Are those for the concierge, or??
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Astronauts who fall on hard times will find themselves mixing drinks and waiting tables in space.
How do we know it is the first space hotel in the Solar system? :P
This is how you get Charlie and the great glass elevator
Scram;
Bigelow Aerospace was essentially a branch of a hotel-chain working towards developing space hotels? They tested BEAM with NASA and then shut down... Seemed like serious contenders for building the first commercial space hotel right up until they abruptly quit, supposedly because of COVID-19 and $1 million they were owed by NASA or something?
I want any space hotel to have artificial gravity via centripetal force.
It's a must-have.
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Space will not be luxurious in our lifetime that's for sure. Regardless being in space is cool but it does bring the "hotel"element into question
Oh boy! Can’t wait for something that 99% of people can’t afford service of in their lifetime to be built! Can’t wait to see wealthy affluent tik tokers flex how much money they had and having young kids idolize their pretentious attitude.
I know a lot of people shit on billionaires going to space when they could be doing more to help on earth, but I don’t see this as a failure of the individual billionaires. It’s a failure of government to tax properly.
Billionaires shouldn’t exist. If governments taxed properly, the middle class would be much larger and would have more use for the services provided by satellites and space industry and would self fund instead of requiring billionaires.
Space tourism will allow launch providers to increase their manufacturing capacity and thus bring the cost of launch down which will allow more countries to access space. More countries to put climate monitoring satellites in orbit to protect their populations. More companies can provide communications infrastructure in space and bypass censorship.
Accessing space is unquestionably a net benefit for all of humanity but there are better ways to maximize that benefit. Right now we’re minimizing it by finding it with billionaires.
Japan also working on space lift...maybe they should work together, so we can go to hotel using lifts lol
churrmander t1_j255lg4 wrote
Oh boy, do I get to look forward to seeing "the Solar system's first" a lot more in my lifetime? That sounds fun.