Today, I read an interesting article about Bigelow Aerospace Company and its inflatable space habitats. You can read it here:
http://news.yahoo.com/one-giant-leap-inflatable-space-162642019.html
In brief, a Bigelow inflatable module will be lofted up to the ISS space station later this year, attached as another compartment, and inflated to a substantial size. It will initially be used by visiting astronauts as a ‘quite place’ to just hang out inside the noisy space station. I can see it quickly evolving into a sort of recreational lounge, which will give all of the astronauts a little more space to, well, unwind.
Sooner or later, bored or merely curious astronauts of both sexes will test its functionality as an intimate getaway. Some orbital entrepreneur will ultimately scheme up to buy a ride for a crew to produce the world’s first zero-G porn movie, and then things will really get out of hand. I mean, the movie’s director and a minimum of two Astroporn stars will stand to make millions of dollars in distribution proceeds after they land back on Earth. Think of the global interest in this movie, especially in the Middle East and with practitioners of certain medical specialties. As far as the actors are concerned, they will be instantly immortalized in Hollywood, especially if the movie is titled something like ‘The Kama Sutra of ISS’ or, perhaps, ‘Floating Love’.
Now, most government thinking sees the ISS space station being abandoned around the year 2025, but I don’t think so. I think a private takeover by one of the big hotel chains will take place, and suddenly, the station will be sprouting new Bigelow modules like warts on a horny toad, and millionaires, royalty, and lonely dictators will go there to be cool and hang out with ‘Astro-Naughties’ provided for an extra fee by hotel management.
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You’re a man of good taste, MoonDawg.
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I clearly see what you had in mind. 🙂