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Adam Minter – Could the Next Space Station Be a Hotel? – Asharq Al-awsat – English
In 1967, Barron Hilton, the future head of Hilton Hotels Corp., turned up at an American Astronautical Society meeting devoted to “outer space tourism.” The first…
In 1967, Barron Hilton, the future head of Hilton Hotels Corp., turned up at an American Astronautical Society meeting devoted to outer space tourism. The first moon landing was still two years out, but Hilton wasn’t going to be late to the next big travel market. At the conference, he laid out plans for Earth-orbiting Hiltons and lunar hotels, complete with Galaxy Lounges where guests might enjoy a martini and the stars.
Alas, humans would have to wait decades for an outer-space outpost, and the…
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