11. Looking to the future of space travel and imagining intermediary stops, will the rest stops en route be any nicer than the ones on Earth? (A K2S Question)

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I find it difficult to envision any facilities in zero-gravity that would be as nice as facilities here on Earth. The space honeymoon hotels and other types of limited-space facilities or space settlements envisioned for space travelers or tourists, would all have the same limitations as we have discussed so far. However, on the Moon—a Moon base with one-sixth Earth gravity— or on Mars—one-third Earth gravity—the systems could approach the conveniences we have on Earth. Large space settlements, designed to have artificial gravity, generated by rotating the huge assembly, could provide almost equivalent conveniences to those we enjoy on Earth.

Answer provided by Col. USAF (Ret.) William R. Pogue


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