去太空度假会是什么感觉？不久前，我们还只能梦想着在零重力下开派对，但如果2027年世界上第一家太空酒店的计划顺利实施，这个梦想可能很快就会成为现实。
2019年，捷威基金会宣布了第一个太空酒店的计划。该酒店将漂浮在地球大气层之上，并将作为一个游轮式的度假胜地，只是在太空中。
这个概念后来发展成了更具体的东西，现在计划在2027年开业，命名为“旅行者空间站”。一个走在时代前端的假期。
该酒店将由轨道组装公司建造，该公司是一家专门从事太空结构的建筑公司，由约翰·布林考创立，他也是Gateway基金会的负责人。
在内部，酒店将被设计成非常像地球上的豪华度假村的内部，除了游客现在可以做一些他们在地球上从来没有做过的事情。
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例如，透过窗户凝视地球或遥远的太空深处，并参加失重活动(我不知道这些活动可能是什么，但我想这包括能够跳得很高)。
从概念照片来看，旅行者空间站将配备酒吧、餐厅、健身房和其他娱乐设施，而房间将呈现地球人在参观豪华酒店时所期望的样子。不过，他们计划至少引进一些受太空启发的新奇物品，比如冻干冰淇淋。
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轨道组合公司的高级设计建筑师蒂姆·阿拉托雷告诉CNN，酒店的灵感来自斯坦利·库布里克的经典作品《2001太空漫游》，正如电影中所表现的“几乎是一幅不应该做什么事的蓝图”。
与电影中空间站和飞船的冰冷乏味的室内设计不同，这家酒店将提供更多的环境内饰，让游客有宾得如家的感觉。
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在酒店的工程方面，旅行者空间站将通过一个旋转的轮子提供人造重力，这个旋转的轮子构成了圆形建筑的周长。轮子将由24个模块组成，通过电梯轴连接到结构上。
通过旋转，车轮产生模拟重力，让居住者可以像在地球上一样工作和行为。
然而，位于空间站中央的区域是游客感受到的重力最小的地方。你可能在电影中看过这个概念，但如果你有机会亲自体验这个概念，毫无疑问会很酷。
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尽管受到疫情的一些阻碍，酒店仍将于2026年开工建设，竣工日期定在明年——这是一个雄心勃勃的计划，但也非常令人兴奋。
“我们正努力让公众意识到，太空旅行的黄金时代即将到来，”布林考说，“这是来了。它的快。”
至于他们计划如何将人们送上旅行者空间站，布林考说，他们计划与埃隆·马斯克的SpaceX等商业航天公司合作，将游客从地面运送到酒店再返回。
他表示：“我们不能称SpaceX为我们的合作伙伴，但在未来，我们期待与它们合作。”
到目前为止，还没有房费的广告，不过我想，乘坐维珍银河亚轨道太空飞机的费用是天文数字——高达25万美元——整个体验肯定不便宜。
我想，如果我想要体验一下在地球大气层之上的极可意按摩浴缸里泡个澡的话，我需要非常努力地工作，攒钱。
What would it be like to go on a vacation in space? While we – not long ago – could only dream of partying in zero gravity, that dream might soon become reality if the plans to open the world's first-ever space hotel in 2027 play out without any interruptions.
In 2019, the first plans for a space hotel were announced by the Gateway Foundation. The hotel would float above the Earth's atmosphere, and would act as a cruise-ship-style resort, only in space.
The concept has since progressed into something more concrete, and now plans to open the hotel – which will be christened Voyager Station – in 2027 are right on schedule.
A far-out vacation.
The hotel will be constructed by the Orbital Assembly Corporation – a construction company specializing in space structures founded by John Blincow, who is also the person in charge of the Gateway Foundation.
On the inside, the hotel will be designed to look very much like the interiors of Earth-bound luxury resorts, except that visitors will now be able to do a number of things that they could never have done on Earth.
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For example, gazing out through windows at planet Earth or far out into the depths of space, and taking part in reduced-gravity activities (I don't know what those might be, but I imagine it involves being able to jump very high).
Judging by the concept photos, Voyager Station will come complete with bars, restaurants, gyms, and other recreational facilities, while rooms will be presented exactly how earthlings would expect when visiting a posh hotel. There are, however, plans to at least introduce some space-inspired novelties, such as freeze-dried ice cream.
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Tim Alatorre, the senior design architect at Orbital Assembly Corporation told CNN that inspiration for the hotel was derived from the Stanley Kubrick classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, as in the film was a representation of "almost a blueprint of what not to do".
Instead of the cold and drab interiors of the space station and ships in the movie, the hotel will feature much more ambient interiors that will make visitors feel right at home.
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As for the engineering aspects of the hotel, Voyager Station will provide artificial gravity via a spinning wheel that makes up the circumference of the circular construct. The wheel will consist of 24 modules connected to the structure via elevator shafts.
Through rotations, the wheel creates simulated gravity which will allow occupants to function and behave as if they were on Earth.
The areas toward the middle of the station however, are where visitors will experience the least amount of gravity. You've probably seen this concept in movies, but it'll no doubt be pretty cool to experience the concept for yourself if you ever do get the opportunity.
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Despite some hindrances caused by the pandemic, construction of the hotel will begin in 2026, with a completion date scheduled for the very next year – extremely ambitious, but highly exciting.
"We're trying to make the public realize that this golden age of space travel is just around the corner, " Blincow said. "It's coming. It's coming fast."
And as for how they plan to get people onto Voyager Station, Blincow said that there were plans to work with commercial spaceflight companies such as Elon Musk's SpaceX to transport visitors from the ground up to the hotel and back.
"We cannot call SpaceX our partner, but in the future, we look forward to working with them," he said.
So far, no room rates have been advertised, although I imagine the whole experience won't come cheap judging by the astronomical cost of a ticket to ride on a Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceplane – a whopping US$250,000.
Guess I'll need to work extremely hard and save up if I'm ever going to experience taking a dip in a jacuzzi high up above the Earth's atmosphere.
