Space exploration has developed to the stage of sending the first tourists to the orbit. Developers from The Gateway Foundation startup are ready to provide space travelers with comfortable conditions comparable to the best hotels on Earth.
The design of The Von Braun Space Station is based on the ideas developed by Werner von Braun, the founder of modern rocket science. It is planned that the first space hotel will be designed for 400 people.
The future hotel will be based on the technologies already used at the International Space Station (ISS). However, for the comfort of tourists, the hotel will have artificial gravity, which ensures safety and the possibility of a long journey in the orbit.
The design of the space hotel is a wheel with a diameter of 190 meters, which creates the gravitational force comparable to gravity on the moon when rotated. Around its diameter, the station will be equipped with 24 autonomous modules, which will accommodate hotel rooms and auxiliary facilities (restaurants, concert and lecture halls).
The presence of gravity will eliminate many of the problems that astronauts on the ISS face. Travelers will be able to use the toilet in the usual way, showers will use recycled water, and food will be served in standard restaurants.
The hotel is scheduled to be launched by 2025. Initially, it is planned that up to 100 space tourists will leave for the station per week. The total number of residents of The Von Braun Space Station will reach 400 people. However, the startup plans to create a larger Gateway complex, accommodating up to 1,400 people in 2030.
