Space tourism is a growing trend at the moment, with more and more companies starting to offer short trips beyond Earth.
On April 12, 1961, now known as The International Day for Manned Spaceflight, Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to enter outer space.
61 years on, traveling to space as a tourist is becoming a reality, and more and more architects and designers are being commissioned to develop memorable experiences for wealthy clients.
These 10 projects designed for space tourism take you to see how design can realize human imagination of the future.
Axiom Station
"Residency Module for Commercial Space Stations"
Axiom Station is the world's first commercial space station.
Axiom Station will be connected to the International Space Station and will include crew quarters, a dining area and a kitchen living cabin. At the same time, the accommodation environment inside is also perfect, not only designed egg-shaped rooms, but also equipped with a large window, allowing visitors to enjoy the beauty of space.
Axiom recently announced the launch of its space tourism programme, which will offer everyone a 10-day expedition to a space station connected to the International Space Station, costing £41 million per ticket, or around $350 million.
Voyager Station
"The World's First Space Hotel"
Scheduled to open in 2027, Voyager Station is designed to be the world's first space hotel and will feature a rotating structure that can accommodate up to 440 guests.
OAC envisions a total of 24 modular capsules on the outside of the hotel, each with a diameter of 12 meters, a length of 20 meters, a total weight of about 2418 tons, and a total living area of about 500 square meters.
The interior is a three-storey structure, of which 12 modular capsules are hotel rooms. There are three types of rooms, namely the 30 sqm Standard Room, the 62 sqm Deluxe Room and the 126 sqm Deluxe Suite. The rooms are equipped with toilets, showers and beds.
In addition to the rooms for accommodation, the hotel has a full range of facilities, such as a cinema, spa, gymnasium, themed restaurants, libraries, sports gymnasiums, and even concert venues.
If possible, hotels will even be sold to private landlords who want to take a vacation in space. That is to say, once this space hotel is built, then owning a "space property" is no longer a dream!
Neptune
"Hot air balloon spaceship"
SpacePerspective, a newly formed U.S. company, aims to transport paying customers and research payloads to spacecraft Neptune, a ball-mounted pressurized capsule scheduled for its first test flight early next year.
A Neptune can accommodate 1 driver and 8 passengers, and in addition to seating, there is a bar, a bathroom, and an oversized transparent window that gives people a glimpse of the earth, and more importantly, Wi-Fi in the cabin allows you to connect.
Neptune is now the only carbon-neutral, zero-emission way of space travel. The interior design uses sustainable materials throughout. The handcrafted bar is made from proprietary materials recycled from the unique SpaceBalloon attached to the capsules.
The Explorer Capsule
"Balloon Spaceship"
The Explorer Capsule is a space tourism project launched by World View.
It consists of two parts, an oversized helium balloon on top and a hexagonal space capsule hoisted below. The interior can accommodate the next 8 people, including 6 passengers and a waiter, as well as a pilot.
Through the 2-meter-high oval window on the capsule, you can overlook the entire Earth, as well as the fine blue lines of the atmosphere and the dark edges of outer space. The Balloon Spacecraft is also equipped with a space telescope, a champagne cabinet in the capsule, and a large touch screen, just like the first class cabin in an airplane.
The Explorer Capsule is expected to undergo unmanned testing next year and begin manned flights in 2024.
Orbital Reef
"Free Flight Space Station"
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Space and several other partners have jointly announced that they plan to build and operate a commercial space station called Orbital Reef in 2030 to replace the aging International Space Station.
Orbital Reef will be a "multi-purpose business park" in space, with multiple ports and berths for receiving visiting spacecraft and modules, as well as configuring various utilities. At the same time, the space station will pursue an "open system architecture" that will allow a wide variety of people and customers to use the facilities.
Orbital Reef is scheduled to be up and running in the late 2020s, with its "basic configuration" including the power system, core cabin, LIFE habitat, science module, and Genesis spacecraft, which will have a pressurized volume of 29,311 cubic feet and can accommodate up to 10 people.
Moon Village
"Bouncy Moon Village"
SoM, in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designed this lunar village, the first human settlement on the lunar surface.
Located on the edge of Shackleton Crater Crater, near the moon's south pole, Moon Village receives continuous daylight throughout the year. Infrastructure and residential buildings will be used to collect daylight for energy use.
Image credit: Slashcube GmbH
Moon Village consists of a series of inflatable pressurized chambers that accommodate work spaces, living spaces, environmental controls and life support systems. The building is built between three and four floors, and the modules can be inflated and expanded, ensuring future demand for living space growth. Each building module is housed in a protective case, making it resistant to extreme temperatures, projectiles, dust and solar radiation.
SpaceshipTwo
Spaceship 2
The spacecraft takes a "futuristic approach" with a cabin design "driven by the astronaut experience." This means that comfort and usability are at the heart of the spacecraft.
Inside the cabin, each backrest seat has its own dimensions, tailored to each person and space. These seats are adjusted for gravity management and floating zone volume. There are windows around each seat. The cabin includes up to 12 windows, so every astronaut has plenty of opportunities to get the ideal view of the earth.
There is also a large mirror designed in this cabin. The circular mirror sits on the stern bulkhead, "by adding hues to the reflective surface, astronauts can see themselves weightless while being illuminated by earth's natural brightness."
Gateway to Space
"Galactic Spaceport"
The gateway to the space building was built in 2011 by Foster + Partners Construction as part of the U.S. Spaceport — the world's first " commercial spaceport."
Image source: Virgin Galactic official website
Virgin Galactic Spaceport costs about $200 million, covers a total area of more than 90,000 square meters, has two floors, has a 3.2-kilometer-long runway, a tarmac that can accommodate five Spaceship II spacecraft and two White Knight II motherships, a terminal building, a hangar, a mission control center and a visitor preparation area.
Horizn One suitcase
"Space Suitcase"
In preparation for future travel, Holwe Studios recently released the world's first space travel luggage design concept map.
Made of graphene-reinforced carbon fiber, this suitcase is both strong and very light, weighing only 900 grams. The bottom of the box is electromagnetic, and it can be fixed to the floor or wall even in zero gravity. At the same time, the luggage is equipped with a large number of electronic devices, including graphene supercapacitors and inductive charging fields for wireless charging, a built-in smart screen and fingerprint recognition. Other key features include a vacuum function, which allows you to lay your luggage completely flat, and a silver ion-enhanced compartment that neutralizes bacteria.
Even more jaw-dropping is that the suitcase is only £40,000. Luggage is still a concept today, and Holwe Studios expects the first Horizon ONE to be produced in 2030.
Aurora Station
"Great hotel in a great location"
Aurora Station is a fully modular space station that claims to be the first luxury space hotel in history.
Aurora Station can accommodate up to 6 people at a time, including 2 crew members. Upon check-in, guests will take a 12-day space trip to experience what it's like to watch 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets a day. The hotel is also equipped with a high-speed Wi-Fi and a VR holographic deck, and visitors will also accept Orion Span's 3-month astronaut certification program before embarking on their journey.
However, if you think about it, it's certainly not cheap to go to a hotel in space, aurora station has a deposit of $80,000 per room, please note that this is only an upfront payment for a 12-day journey, and the price for the entire trip is $9.5 million.
So
Although space is still a dream for us
But there are always some (rich) people who will go and see for us
So in these ten space programs
Which one is the most exciting for you?
Source:
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/04/12/space-tourism-roundups/
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