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Hilton Hotels Not Planning Space Hotel
Hilton Hotels has stated that
theya re not planning on a space hotel as had been initial reported. This rumour had been bouncing around for a while, apparently the child of a PR stunt gone amuck. Shoot - I had a lot of "experiments" that needed to be done in zero g.
Didn't happen to involve a partner, did they? =)
why they wouldn't want to do this - how would you keep the water from leaving the in-ground swimming pool when the large guy from room 319 cannonballs into the deep end? :)
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Maybe it had something to do with seeing unshaven russians on Mir...
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So, I say, let's keep telling them what a great idea that is, and they may just come around and do it. I'd fancy going to the Space Hilton by the time I go to my pension!
"There is no surer way to ruin a good discussion than to contaminate it with the facts."
"Hilton hotels has confirmed that there are no current plans for a space hotel.
In related news, Hilton corporation revealed they would be using some of the technology designed for use in space to create 'odourless bedding' and 'non-irritant complimentary shampoo.'
These technologies are currently beyond the hotel industry's capabilities."
Hotnutz.com
Well, at least this pospones the time when McDonalds, SubWay and Wendy's will set up franchises in space.
At any rate, how much would it cost to stay in such a 'space hotel'? Do rich people really need more toys?
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As i said earlier - ventures like this wont fly. We simply dont have the payload capacity for carrying huge structures into space on chemical rockets. If some of the other technologies like nuclear/microwave-plasma or laser-plasma propulsion take off, then only will we see commercial space travel.
Forget about artificial G's or overpriced little shampoos in the bathroom; my orbiting hotel will consist of a few retread dumpsters I'll lead line and spray with plastic to make air-tight. Plus you'll get free local calls.
If I need additional revenue, I'll farm out a section to spy/military agencies from various countries. That's right! Set your wake up call for when we're over the enemy city of your choice, then just chuck those warheads out the window.
Of course, if you get too noisy and get tossed out of the hotel, you have serious problems...
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Note that if the space-hotel idea was intended as a publicity stunt, it's already worked to some extent. And they're getting more publicity out of the revelation that it was for publicity.
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Hmm... Hilton Hotels designing a Lunar hotel.
I had a long talk with my boss, Brad Hilton (Manager Systems Development for Hilton Hotels Corp) last week when the news broke about "Hilton in space". While he and I would love to have hotels in space, that we would have to install servers in ourselves, he also stated that the technology to keep people safe is not there, yet. The liability of having something go wrong is just too big of a risk right now. If we were to much of a rush to go into space industry, after the first accident, the industry would be dead for 5-10 years after, as better safety measures are engineered.
The idea is not a new one, by a long shot. Brad's uncle, Barron Hilton gave this address in 1967, and if you watch 2001, you will see the space station in the beginning sporting the Hilton logo.
Brad perdicts that there will be a Hilton in space, some day... by 2100 maybe, but when the exact date it opens depends on technology advances, funding, and demand by the public. If it costs $1,000,000 a night plus "air fare", only the richest of the rich will be able to go.
It is not on the radar screen right now, but the idea is out there, right now Hilton is too busy trying to combine the hotel systems of acquired company Promus and ours
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It'll happen, and probably in our lifetimes, although maybe not Hilton, and you might not be able to afford it. Well, you will, Rob. There are far too many luxury activities that can only be hosted in zero G. Gorgeous architechture that defies earthly phsyics. Sunsets that burn themselves into your memory. Sexual acrobatics that turn even a septuagenarian into a spry young chicken...
And the sheer novelty of flying through the air (in certain non-rotating domes, perhaps) is in my mind the greatest of all.
There is a market for this. It's only a matter of time until the space program is sufficiently privatized and the VC are sufficiently ravenous.
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Many of their hotels can't even make money on the ground. Imagine the overhead (pun intended) of them working in space. This was just a baseless rumor.
Oh, by the way, did you hear that Bill Gates is suing the Hilton because he had reserved a permanent room there? He wanted to be outside the reach of the Justice Dept.
The above was definitely not a rumor. Pure, solid fact. Yep.
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I've read nanotechnology articles that discussed making rocket engines out of solid, perfect, diamond. As we all know, with nanotech making a simple rectangular lattice structure with carbon atoms will be pretty easy to do. With these rocket engines made out of diamond, they could be operated at temperatures far higher than what steel engines operate at today, and higher temperatures means higher efficiency. I've read that a vehicle the size of a minivan would be able to reach orbit with passengers. Well, I don't know if that's entirely accurate, but rockets will get smaller and better with nanotech.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
As I said when the story posted, this is impractical. Until a cheaper way is found to boost things to orbit, by a factor of 1000; the common folks on the ground will just continue to support NASA or the like with our taxes. Hmmm...perhaps folks should check their sources for accuracy too.
The story as posted just gave everyone a chance to make a lot of off-color, crude, and banal remarks.
Well, Hilton may not be planning on building
space hotels yet but Robert Bigelow, owner
of Budget Suites of America, claims to be
doing just this:
http://www.bigelow-aerospace.com
Apparently I get a discount at Hilton hotels as they are a member of the Ladbroke group, which is the parent company of Ladbroke Racing in the UK. I was looking forward to cool $100,000 off the price... (Mind you, the chance of me having the other millions is remote, given that they won't let me place bets with the company... (Except at our greyhound tracks miles away...)
there go my honeymoon plans....Maybe this is a sign that I shouldn't get married.
Anyone /else/ notice that they used the phrase "intergalactic" to refer to a hotel in earth orbit? Ye gods, that ticks me off...
I recall a BBC article on this that was posted on Slashdot around May. The article was kind of vague and just said that Hilton was looking at the possibility, but there was an endorsement by Arthur C. Clarke. My question is, what happened to the endorsement?
You mean it's not going to happen! Shock of shocks, this is ever so unbelievable, really it is.
No, really.
...Then I guess the Howard Johnson's Earthlight Room is a no go too.
BTW, if you want real inspiration, listen to Arthur C. Clarke's address before the LA premier of 2001. You can find it on the DVD version. My favorites:
"I don't know if I should tell you this...but the Apollo team management has rescheduled their meeting so they could get to the press conference"
"We are probably rather low on the cosmic totem pole."
"There must be millions of world where life has evolved...but none of them would be significately close to us that we would mistake them for humans...except for in a gloomy or smoggy afternoon."
Well, that explains LA all right.
I hope they build a hotel in space before I'm too old to get a boner.
I found the cluelessness of the article repeatedly saying the hotel would be "intergalactic" quite offensive.
It probably wouldn't even be interplanetary, being well within the volume where the Earth's gravitational field is domimant.
I do wish reporters would pay attention to the words they use!
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