Inside Nasa’s new ‘space home’: Why the Philippe Starck-designed modules resemble a ‘fetal universe’
With prices for a trip to the Axiom Space Station reportedly as high as US$35,000, anyone boarding a flight needs to undergo 15 weeks of training, and will stay in accommodation that looks like ‘a nest, a comfortable and friendly egg’
When you’ve exhausted your bucket list of earthbound destinations, space is the logical next step.
Space exploration company Axiom is launching a space tourism programme to fly tourists to the International Space Station.
Nasa and Axiom enlisted 71-year-old French designer Philippe Starck to design interiors for these visits, which are planned to start in 2024. Starck has a history in all aspects of unusual design, from hotels and yachts to an individual wind turbine.
The modules designed by Starck will house national astronauts from countries that are not members of the International Space Station, plus private citizens, according to Architectural Digest.
Life on Earth is held down by gravity, but life in space is a multidirectional freedom: There is no horizontal, no vertical, even no diagonal
After training is complete, passengers are ready to go into space. Take a look at their future accommodation here.
Axiom’s space station will initially be connected to the International Space Station, orbiting the earth. The station will be attached to the front node of the ISS, allowing for amazing views of the Earth. According to the company, it will also have the largest window observatory ever made for space.
When the ISS is retired within the next 10 years, the Axiom station will detach and operate independently. Like the ISS, the station will have a crew and serve as a research lab. As a comfort from home, it will also have Wi-fi.