No, Bigelow wants to lease commercial space in space, for whatever the tenants want to do with it (which could include a luxury space hotel).
The health effects are probably a greater deterrent than cost. The training issue it a bit overblown as a tourist isn’t going to need the same training as an astronaut.
I don’t think health effects are significant for that short a stay. Other than maybe space sickness which, for tourists, can be ameliorated with good drugs.
Isn’t there also insomnia and constipation to deal with?
It seems the Starship is going to kill the near-term space station market.
It’s essentially a volume larger than ISS that can be landed, serviced and re-flow as needed. The thoug of that docking with a Bigelow hab is like a whale docking with a minnow.
Bigelow could launch much larger habs if SpaceX’s plans come to fruition.
Yes, yuuuuuge, ones.
The orbital space tourism and commercial human spaceflight market gets very interesting when the cost-per-seat is down in the $1-$2 million range. At $20 million plus, the market is sharply limited.
When I think luxury hotel, I think service. At this time, space travel is not common or simple enough that anyone can afford to have others provide luxury service. It is not like you can get room service, turn down service, and while they could clean the toilet, that’s about it. Moving luggage isn’t all that difficult. To provide a full time attendant would be an enormous cost, and we what would be their specialty? Maintenance would be the most critical, which is not usually a customer facing role at hotels.
Was not Bigelow going to do something like this?
No, Bigelow wants to lease commercial space in space, for whatever the tenants want to do with it (which could include a luxury space hotel).
The health effects are probably a greater deterrent than cost. The training issue it a bit overblown as a tourist isn’t going to need the same training as an astronaut.
I don’t think health effects are significant for that short a stay. Other than maybe space sickness which, for tourists, can be ameliorated with good drugs.
Isn’t there also insomnia and constipation to deal with?
It seems the Starship is going to kill the near-term space station market.
It’s essentially a volume larger than ISS that can be landed, serviced and re-flow as needed. The thoug of that docking with a Bigelow hab is like a whale docking with a minnow.
Bigelow could launch much larger habs if SpaceX’s plans come to fruition.
Yes, yuuuuuge, ones.
The orbital space tourism and commercial human spaceflight market gets very interesting when the cost-per-seat is down in the $1-$2 million range. At $20 million plus, the market is sharply limited.
When I think luxury hotel, I think service. At this time, space travel is not common or simple enough that anyone can afford to have others provide luxury service. It is not like you can get room service, turn down service, and while they could clean the toilet, that’s about it. Moving luggage isn’t all that difficult. To provide a full time attendant would be an enormous cost, and we what would be their specialty? Maintenance would be the most critical, which is not usually a customer facing role at hotels.