From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 29-Apr-22 4:03 pm, dumpster4@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > "Orbital Assembly Corporation announced plans to develop a space   
   > business park, complete with artificial gravity, that’s designed to   
   > accommodate 28 guests in five modules built around a rotating   
   > gravity ring.   
   >   
   > The California startup is aiming to make its first Pioneer-class   
   > space station operational by 2025, in what is an ambitious and   
   > likely unrealistic timeline. That said, Orbital Assembly is intent on   
   > making this the first commercial, hybrid space station that can be   
   > leveraged for both research and leisure.   
   >   
   > The Pioneer station is one of two designs for commercial space   
   > stations currently being developed by the company, the first   
   > being the Voyager Station announced back in 2021. However,   
   > Pioneer is meant to precede Voyager, a larger undertaking that will   
   > be built with the aim of it being a sort of luxury space hotel   
   > capable of accommodating 400 guests at a time."   
   >   
   > See:   
   >   
   > https://gizmodo.com/orbital-assembly-space-hotel-artificial-gr   
   vity-1848855049   
   >   
      
   The design shown in the illustration doesn't appear remotely plausible.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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