Gateway Spaceport
Gateway Spaceport was formed in 2012 to build the first rotating spaceport and space hotel. On Jan 1, 2022, Gateway Foundation's name was changed to Gateway Spaceport LLC.
Their plan to develop the spaceport includes developing a robust space construction industry, the first artificial gravity Space station, and ultimately the Gateway, a city in space with a spaceport.[1][2]
Revenues and fund raisings
Gateway Spaceport intends to raise revenue for their ventures by running a Gateway Lottery.
The Gateway Lottery is intended to:
- Create an avenue of direct funding to construct The Gateway and a fleet of Cis-Lunar shuttles.
- Bring opportunities of employment to Gateway Crew Members interested in working in space.
- Establish a Cis-Lunar economy and form a new industry: Space Construction
Planned projects
The Voyager Class space station
The Voyager Class of station, will be a rotating space station designed to produce varying levels of artificial gravity by increasing or decreasing the rate of rotation. The station will be designed from the start to accommodate both national space agencies conducting low gravity research and space tourists who want to experience life on a large space station with the comfort of low gravity and the feel of a nice hotel.
The Gateway Spaceport
The Gateway Spaceport's design is inspired in part by the ideas of Wernher von Braun, who pioneered in the field of human spaceflight. It has been designed to connect people from all over the world so we can make this first step together by being a staging point between spacecraft from Earth and from other space stations, the moon and outer planets.[3]
References
- "Orbiting hotel with $5M luxury suites needs investors to get off the ground". FOXBusiness. 6 November 2019.
- Monday, Cody Cottier. "The first 'space hotel' plans to open in 2027". astronomy.com.
- November 2019, Chelsea Gohd 06. "Yes, the 'Von Braun' Space Hotel Idea Is Wild. But Could We Build It by 2025?". Space.com. Retrieved 6 March 2021.