The world we’re livin’ in changes all the time, I swear. The future is both now and in the future, if you know what I mean. And with it comes a whole new world of possibilities. But, we know about astronaut food and self-driving cars. That kinda stuff is fodder for all the tech blogs out there and has been for quite some time. What we do here on SoBros Network is really push the envelope – I don’t want to hear about the same stuff The Jetsons were talkin’ bout back decades ago. Let’s talk about the weird shit we hadn’t thought of before. Remember that time someone suggested building a space elevator to the moon? That’s my lane. And, I’ve found something not quite as weird, but totally weird at the same time……the space hotel.
Work is due to start on the world’s first ‘space hotel’ in low Earth orbit in 2025 – and it will come equipped with restaurants, a cinema, spa and rooms for 400 people.
Developed by the Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC), the Voyager Station could be operational as early as 2027, with the infrastructure built in orbit around the Earth.
Highly encourage everyone reading this to go get the details from that Daily Mail story – there’s a whole hell of a lot of science shit that explains the details of just how this thing is going to work. But, for what I do here with my simple mind, I’m just going to play off the term ‘space hotel.’ Can you imagine? What makes it stay up there?
The images make this look like a sleek and stylish military ship. Y’know, it’s not like Elysium, starring Matt Damon. They could stand to do some branding work to make it look a little less clinical. But, I guess for a dry run, it’s pretty damn cool. It’s like a night out in New York City, except out the window, you just see planet Earth and a bunch of stars and shit.
So, the question is whether or not you would take a vacation to literal fucking outer space if you had the chance to do so. I say yes….for two reasons. One, it’s outer space. You would have that trump card over the neighborhood for a solid five years. “Mind feedin’ the dogs for me this week? We’re going to LITERALLY OUTER SPACE.” Everyone wants to look like hot shit at the HOA meetings. Plus, I bet you’d get a great view of the Smoky Mountains, which is the greatest vacation spot on Earth, from outer space too. So, it would kind of be like going to the Smoky Mountains and being on the moon. It’s just cool – I don’t know how else to say it.
Two, if the whole thing does blow up in the void of space (are explosions even possible in space?), there would be no more badass way to go out. My advice would be to just tune up your last will and testament before you go. Make arrangements for your money and, if you have kids, leave ’em at home to carry on the family legacy just in case the whole damn space hotel comes crashing down to Earth with your corpse inside it. But, if you do that, you’ll be able to party like a rock star, with peace of mind that should your body be ejected into the void of space for all eternity, you will be going out looking like a real champ.
Going to the space hotel sounds like a win-win situation to me.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley
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