Company:Above: Space Development Corporation
Above: Space Development Corporation (formerly Orbital Assembly Corporation)[1] is an American aerospace company that has announced several widely publicized plans to build various space stations. As of 2024[update], no funding for the projects has been announced and construction of the stations has not started.
The Voyager Space Station or Voyager Station (previously the Von Braun Station)[2] is a proposed rotating wheel space station, planned to start construction in 2026. The space station aims to be the first commercial space hotel.[3][4]
It is proposed that the SpaceX Starship could be used to shuttle space tourists to the Voyager Station, which would accommodate 280 guests and 112 crew members. The cost of a trip to the station has not been officially published, but some estimates are that it would be approximately US$5 million, and would require the passengers to undergo safety and physical training before boarding the shuttle for a 3 1⁄2 day trip to the space station.[3] The cost of the space station has been estimated to be in the "tens of billions".[5] Voyager Station would have partial artificial gravity from its rotation to maintain lunar gravity—approximately 1⁄6 of Earth's gravity.[3]
Above Space has also announced a smaller Pioneer Station[6] that can house only 28 people but could be operational earlier.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "About Above Space". https://abovespace.com/team.
- ↑ Street, Francesca (2 May 2022). "Inside the space hotel scheduled to open in 2025". CNN. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/space-hotel-orbital-assembly-scn/index.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Compton, Natalie B. (3 March 2021). "A vacation that's out of this world: The first space hotel is set to start construction by 2026". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/03/03/space-hotel-orbital-assembly/.
- ↑ Bergan, Brad (30 January 2021). "Company of NASA Stars Building Orbital Space Hotel With Artificial Gravity". https://interestingengineering.com/nasa-stars-orbital-space-hotel-artificial-gravity.
- ↑ Mackenzie, A. J.. "The enduring fantasy of space hotels". https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4136/1.
- ↑ "Pioneer Station". https://abovespace.com/pioneer.
- ↑ Francesca Street (2 May 2022). "Inside the space hotel scheduled to open in 2025" (in en). https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/space-hotel-orbital-assembly-scn/index.html.
External links
- Above: Space Development Company
- Mansij, Asthana (9 February 2021). "What Is So Special About NASA Veterans' Space Station Project In Low-Earth Orbit?". The Eurasian Times. https://eurasiantimes.com/what-is-so-special-about-nasa-veterans-space-station-project-in-low-earth-orbit.
- Spry, Jeff (26 February 2021). "Company plans to start building private Voyager space station with artificial gravity in 2025". https://www.space.com/orbital-assembly-voyager-space-station-artificial-gravity-2025.
- Coffey, Helen (3 March 2021). "World's first space hotel plans to open in 2027". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/space-hotel-2027-voyager-class-b1810319.html.
- Pilar, Patricia (1 March 2021). "Voyager Space Station will have artificial gravity and begins construction in 2025". Ineews. https://ineews.eu/voyager-space-station-will-have-artificial-gravity-and-begins-construction-in-2025/.
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