digg

Facebook Connect Join Digg About

Spanish architects design the first space hotel

google.com — A company in Barcelona and a group of aircraft engineers in Florida are developing a prototype of a space hotel, called the Galactic Suite. The hotel has several capsules (the rooms) branching from a central nucleus. The hotel is designed to have 22 of these capsules.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 11, 2006

Digg DudeWhat is Digg?

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. Digg surfaces the best stuff as submitted and voted on by the community. Take the Tour to learn more.

30 Comments

show profanity settings
expand all
  • BlindIrishman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25I've been designing space hotels since I was 4
  • jblade, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17The sex would be amazing.
  • BicBall, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16it would be out of this world
  • wormhole, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Granted, its an interesting concept. However, I would say that it being the 'first' is slightly inaccurate, considering Bigelow Aerospace already has a prototype of their hotel in orbit. The article does state, however, that this would be the first 'international effort', which I believe would be correct. The more people working on it the better!
  • charmedguy18, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11$1M per night(estimate) + getting there and back = Bill's weekend getaway. :-D
  • knupso, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Thanks for contributing.
  • BlackCow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9@goat
    You meen like...arms?
  • korteenea, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"Xavier Claramunt explained that the positioning of the hotel in the space would take place from the Earth with space shuttles Challenger."

    Um... and here I was thinking that the Challenger blew up in 1986. I don't think it's going to be putting together many high-orbit highrises anytime soon.
  • isny, on 10/12/2007, -5/+91970 called. They want their comment back. Keep on truckin'!
  • DanaG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well, Bigelow Aerospace was a prototype of one _module_ in space.

    Having said that, it looks like the "central nucleus", as they call it, is a bottleneck which could be a disaster in any emergency situation.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9I just invented something for space sex

    A diaphragm made of metal and a condom with a powerful magnet on the tip.
  • crexor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i like the picture of the space shuttle orbiter helping to construct it, i guess that means the US is going to profit from this venture?
  • Zero82z, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@goat

    So does sex on Earth.
  • Guitarsenal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'm surprised they showed the Space Shuttle with this. If they need the Shuttle to build it they are screwed, because the Shuttle is going to be retired in 4 years, or on the next crash, whichever comes first.
  • bluekangaroo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They'd better hurry up. The space shuttle's going to retire in 2010.

    Unless the ESA plans to start launching them... lol
  • kjm16, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I couldn't help but notice that when spanish is directly translated to english, it sounds slightly Yoda-ish. but that's just me.

    anyway, it's good to know that their working on a solution to world overpopulation. When we run out of room and recources, just leave and find another place, instead of trying to save what we have.
    That said, I'd like to spend a vacation in space.
  • DanaG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"i like the picture of the space shuttle orbiter helping to construct it, i guess that means the US is going to profit from this venture? "

    It means they had some clipart of the shuttle they could photoshop into the picture.
  • KJSatz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That'd be a fun honeymoon....
  • SundayTrain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Welcome to a stellar new time share opportunity!
  • Yupp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is fantastic!

    A Space Hotel is a required first step before we can have Space Hookers.
  • Genma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1one day, the alive man in 360 degrees in freedom will experience the protuberances in the perimeter.
  • boops, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sounds like it'll be a good place to have the 2Suit designed by Vanna Bonta, wrtier of space love books.
    OLA!! TECHNO SCIENTISTA mira Sexo no espaço intriga pesquisadores
    http://tc.ciadocha.com/noticia_detalhe.asp?cod=2090#

    and more cool stuff about caliente
    http://www.news-inside.com/2254/vanna-bonta-creates-outer-space-lovesuit.htm
  • mallorcahp, on 06/30/2008, -0/+0Flight times suck too ... why not just come to Mallorca?
    http://hotels.mooo.com/
  • boops, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0galactic sweet!! found this on msnbc with more ideas about sex in outer space and from Vanna Bonta, a babe writer who kissed in zero gravity
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14002908/
  • trecephus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I can just imagined the unfortunate sequence of events due to a delayed flight. Besides, it would suck to get seated next to a baby who ran out of milk.

    But I think I could stand it.
    Keep on trucking space geniuses.
    That would be awesome.
  • jblade, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Just immagine the positions you could be in.
  • goat77, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4Actually sex in space requires something (or someone) to push the two people together.
  • DannySpace, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0QUE?
  • Jeezoflip, on 10/12/2007, -22/+0What a stupid ass idea.

  • Add a Comment

    Login or register to comment!
    Or, sign-in super fast with your Facebook account ...

© Digg Inc. 2009 — Content created and posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain | Terms of Use Updated | Privacy Policy
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc.