HOTELS IN SPACE: ANOTHER GIANT STEP FOR BRANSON
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SIR Richard Branson is taking a giant leap for mankind by drawing up plans to build the world’s first space hotels, his space flight company Virgin Galactic has told The Business. Alex Tai, its operations director, who will pilot Virgin’s first commercial space flight in 2008, has held talks with US hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow about the project, Virgin Galactic’s president Will Whitehorn confirmed.
Bigelow Aerospace is developing inflatable pods it believes could receive the first space travellers by the end of the decade. Branson, Virgin Galactic’s chairman, revealed the space hotel discussions in Dubai last week.
Branson said: “We are talking to people who are developing hotels for space. We are also talking to people who are developing launch craft to get hotels into space. People know that we can turn something that might seem a bit bizarre into a commercial reality. Personally, I think there’s a demand for space hotels.”
SIR Richard Branson is taking a giant leap for mankind by drawing up plans to build the world’s first space hotels, his space flight company Virgin Galactic has told The Business. Alex Tai, its operations director, who will pilot Virgin’s first commercial space flight in 2008, has held talks with US hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow about the project, Virgin Galactic’s president Will Whitehorn confirmed.Bigelow Aerospace is developing inflatable pods it believes could receive the first space travellers by the end of the decade. Branson, Virgin Galactic’s chairman, revealed the space hotel discussions in Dubai last week.
Branson said: “We are talking to people who are developing hotels for space. We are also talking to people who are developing launch craft to get hotels into space. People know that we can turn something that might seem a bit bizarre into a commercial reality. Personally, I think there’s a demand for space hotels.”
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