이 계획에 따르면, 여행자는 러시아에서 훈련을 받은 뒤 우주왕복선 소유즈호를 이용, 우주 호텔로 날아간다. 스튜어디스처럼 우주여행 도우미들과 여행을 떠나는 호텔 이용객들은 정말 ‘호텔’에서처럼 편한 서비스를 받을 수 있다.
일반 우주인들이 먹는 즉석요리 등 맛없는 음식 대신 여행객들은 우주여행 도우미들이 지구에서 준비해간 야생 버섯을 곁들인 송아지 요리와 감자 수프 등을 전자레인지로 데워서 제공 받는다. 고급 생수와 과일 주스, 아이스티도 제공되지만, 주류(酒類) 소비는 금지다. 화장실은 물을 내리는 대신, 공기로 용변을 씻어내린다.
무중력 공간인 우주 호텔로 여행을 떠나는 여행객들은 사전에 수직으로 선 침대에서 잘지, 수평으로 누워있는 침대에서 잘지 선택할 수 있다.
어비틀 테크놀로지스의 세르게이 코스텐코 최고경영자(CEO)는 “우리 우주 호텔은, 여행객들이 우주 공간 호텔에서 지내면서도 우주 공간임을 느낄 수 없을 정도로 안락한 환경을 만들 것”이라며 “큰 유리창을 통해선 언제나 행성 ‘지구’의 모습도 볼 수 있게 하겠다”고 말했다고 데일리메일은 전했다.
완벽해 보이는 ‘우주여행’의 유일한 흠은 여행 가격. 우주호텔에 5일 동안 머무르는 비용은 10만~50만 파운드(17억6000만~88억1700만원)에 이를 것으로 보인다고 데일리메일은 보도했다.
Russian firm reveals plans for space hotel
Tiring of the annual two-week break in a Med hot spot? Fed up with overcrowded resorts with no room to move?
Then how about a real get-away-from-it-all holiday with plenty of space – in space?
Russia yesterday announced plans for a hotel in orbit 217 miles up which would house seven guests in four cabins and have huge windows for views of the Earth turning below.
Futuristic: Orbital Technologies has revealed plans for a space hotel, which could be open by 2016
Just getting there will be an adventure in itself – it will take two days aboard a Soyuz rocket – and it won’t exactly be a budget holiday: A five-day stay will cost you £100,000, on top of £500,000 for your journey.
The hotel, or the Commercial Space Station to give it its proper name, is due to open by 2016 and, according to those behind it, will be ‘far more comfortable’ than the International Space Station used by astronauts and cosmonauts.
In the weightlessness of space, visitors can choose to have beds that are either vertical or horizontal, while showers will be sealed affairs to stop water going where it shouldn’t (those aboard the International Space Station must make do with sponge baths until they return home).
Tourists, who will be accompanied by experienced crew, will dine on food prepared on Earth and sent up on the rocket, to be reheated in microwave ovens.
The plan is to do away with the freeze-dried tubes of nourishment given to astronauts and replace them with delicacies such as braised veal cheeks with wild mushrooms, white bean puree, potato soup and plum compote.
Space age: The rooms will also act as an emergency bothole for astronauts at the manned space station
Iced tea, mineral water and fruit juices will be available, but alcohol will be strictly prohibited. Toilets will use flowing air instead of water to move waste through the system.
Waste water will be recycled, while the air will be filtered to remove odour and bacteria and then returned to the cabin.
Sergei Kostenko, chief executive of Orbital Technologies which will construct the hotel, said: ‘Our planned module inside will not remind you of the International Space Station. A hotel should be comfortable inside, and it will be possible to look at the Earth through large portholes.
‘The hotel will be aimed at wealthy individuals and people working for private companies who want to do research in space.’
Tourists might also find themselves playing host to unexpected guests – there is a plan for the hotel to be used as an emergency bolthole for astronauts aboard the International Space Station if there is a crisis, rather than bringing them all the way back to Earth.
Drop-off point: Guests will be sent in to the Commercial Space Station via Russian Soyuz rockets
Exclusive: The hotel will be aimed at wealthy individuals and people working for private companies who want to do research in space
Opening time: Orbital Technologies said it hoped the hotel will be up and running in just five years time
Price: The amount spent on the project has not been revealed, but a five-day stay will cost around £100,000.
from Mailonline on 16th August 2011
Orbital Technologies. Commercial Space Station
Orbital Technologies. Commercial Space Station
Orbital Technologies. Commercial Space Station
Orbital Technologies. Commercial Space Station
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