Have you ever dreamed of spending a night in the vast emptiness of space?
Yet, some believe space hotels will be here within the decade.
Though some ideas for space hotels certainly are far-fetched, others are making us think twice about the possibility.
Other ideas are a bit less serious and simply act as beautiful artistic renditions of a distant future.
Have you ever dreamed of traveling to outer space?
These five space hotel ideas imagine what that might look like.
For more information and renderings of this proposal, read our previous coverage of theVoyager Class Space Station.
The proposal imagines that guests would have limited interaction with humans working at the hotel.
The playful renderings capture a playful and fun image of space travel.
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Bigelow Space Operations(BSO) is a subsidiary of American space companyBigelow Aerospace.
Bigelow Aerospace andBSOconsidered space tourism to be secondary uses for certain modules during missions on gravity research.
One of their most notable ideas for a space hotel was the CSS Skywalker.
Current plans for the Orbital Reef station call for a 32,000-foot spacecraft capable of accommodating up to 10 people.
The station would be used for film-making, research, and other uses as well as a space hotel.
Aurora Station by Orion Span
Aurora Stationis the brainchild of U.S. startupOrion Span.
Our goal is to make space accessible to all, says Frank Bunger of Orion Span.
Aurora Station is designed to accommodate four travelers and two crew members at a time for a 12-day journey.
After that, they will fly in Low Earth Orbit and pass by Earth every 90 minutes.
