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The Space Hotel
Aurora Station is the dream of a hotel in Space straight from the mind of Frank Bunger, CEO of Orion Span. Frank joined Andrew to talk about this ambitious new venture to launch a hotel into space in the early 2020s with guests getting 12 days in space for an "affordable price".
A really special episode of the Cosmic Shed.
The Space Hotel is slated to take its first guests in 2022Frank dreams big and Andrew loves big dreams, particularly when they are in Space. Guests will arrive via more traditional means, using partners - clients Frank is working on relationships with at the moment.
On board - where the Holodeck is a reality
Frank tells us that they are developing a VR experience on board, which they call the Holodeck. That's one Star Trek fantasy we'd love to see made real. Now we just need a Spore Drive.
Show notesEmma Watkins sings the first verse of a reworked version of Stacey Kent's Ice Hotel. We'd love to record a full version but, you know, the shed isn't a money making exercise. If Stacey Kent happens sees this and wants to record a version, here's the words as adjusted by Andrew:The Space Hotel
Let's you and me go away to The Space Hotel The Caribbean's all booked out And that's just as well Once I'd have been much keener On Barbados and Antigua But now I think Low Earth Obit will suit us well Let's you and me go away To The Space HotelThey've put it up beyond our atmosphere The sofas, the lobby Even the chandelier The towels as well. All bolted down To stop them floating all around. What other place could serve our needs so well? Let's you and me go away To The Space Hotel Romantic places Like Verona or Paris They'll always lead you astray You'd have to be a novice To ever trust Venice And those dreamy waterways And what the tropics can do I know only too well So, let's you and me go away To The Space Hotel Spacey clothing at all times Is the expected norm We’ll read Artemis, Arthur Clarke And let them float around our dorm And when the time comes for us to sleep We'll let go of our gravity leash And float off together In a spacedock carved for two But then in the morning Provided we've made it through... We'll step out together To watch the sun rise over That vast expanse of Earth And who knows if we're lucky We may find ourselves talking Of what the future may hold This is no whim of the moment I want you to realize Let's go away To that palace made in Space Let's you and me go away to The Space Hotel
The Bahamas are all booked out And that's just as well I don't think we're quite ready For Hawaii or Tahiti And when we will be Only time will tell Let's you and me go away
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Aurora Station is the dream of a hotel in Space straight from the mind of Frank Bunger, CEO of Orion Span. Frank joined Andrew to talk about this ambitious new venture to launch a hotel into space in the early 2020s with guests getting 12 days in space for an "affordable price".
A really special episode of the Cosmic Shed.
The Space Hotel is slated to take its first guests in 2022Frank dreams big and Andrew loves big dreams, particularly when they are in Space. Guests will arrive via more traditional means, using partners - clients Frank is working on relationships with at the moment.
On board - where the Holodeck is a reality
Frank tells us that they are developing a VR experience on board, which they call the Holodeck. That's one Star Trek fantasy we'd love to see made real. Now we just need a Spore Drive.
Show notesEmma Watkins sings the first verse of a reworked version of Stacey Kent's Ice Hotel. We'd love to record a full version but, you know, the shed isn't a money making exercise. If Stacey Kent happens sees this and wants to record a version, here's the words as adjusted by Andrew:The Space Hotel
Let's you and me go away to The Space Hotel The Caribbean's all booked out And that's just as well Once I'd have been much keener On Barbados and Antigua But now I think Low Earth Obit will suit us well Let's you and me go away To The Space HotelThey've put it up beyond our atmosphere The sofas, the lobby Even the chandelier The towels as well. All bolted down To stop them floating all around. What other place could serve our needs so well? Let's you and me go away To The Space Hotel Romantic places Like Verona or Paris They'll always lead you astray You'd have to be a novice To ever trust Venice And those dreamy waterways And what the tropics can do I know only too well So, let's you and me go away To The Space Hotel Spacey clothing at all times Is the expected norm We’ll read Artemis, Arthur Clarke And let them float around our dorm And when the time comes for us to sleep We'll let go of our gravity leash And float off together In a spacedock carved for two But then in the morning Provided we've made it through... We'll step out together To watch the sun rise over That vast expanse of Earth And who knows if we're lucky We may find ourselves talking Of what the future may hold This is no whim of the moment I want you to realize Let's go away To that palace made in Space Let's you and me go away to The Space Hotel
The Bahamas are all booked out And that's just as well I don't think we're quite ready For Hawaii or Tahiti And when we will be Only time will tell Let's you and me go away