China News Service, March 5th. According to the US "World Journal" report on the 4th, a US space construction company has announced that it will start construction of the world's first space hotel in low earth orbit starting in 2025. The hotel will have a theme Restaurants, cinemas, spas and rooms that can accommodate up to 400 people are optimistically expected to start operations in 2027.
The world's first space hotel is scheduled to operate in 2027.
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According to reports, the space hotel named "Traveler" was built by Orbital Assembly Corporation of America (OAC).
From the data released by OAC, it can be seen that the "traveler" that orbits the earth every 90 minutes is a large circle. The station body is composed of several "rings." The artificial gravity generated by rotation is similar to the gravity level on the lunar surface.
There will be 24 modules attached to the outermost part of the "Traveler", some of which are operated by the Gateway Foundation of the United States, providing air, water, electricity, and astronaut accommodation, as well as various infrastructures required for long-term residence, and some are sold to the official Space agencies, private companies do experiments or use them as training centers to Mars. People can also buy modules to build private villas or high-end hotels.
OAC said that due to reusable vehicles such as the Falcon 9 and Starship spacecraft of the Space Exploration Technology Company, the cost of building a space station or the cost of staying in a space hotel for one night is getting lower and lower, but it is still No construction details were disclosed.