Concept animation for ‘nuclear powered sky hotel’ goes viral

It should be stressed that this is not an actual product or proposed vehicle to seriously be made, at least not with our current technology.

Reactions have largely been mixed. While some are enjoying the playful, imaginative concept, others are pointing out key fundamental flaws in its design and plausibility. A few have also alluded to past vehicular disasters, including the Titanic.

Ah yes… because massive luxury leisure ships have always fared so well in the past. Why not make them nuclear too? pic.twitter.com/iqr2S8iLKw

— Nick930 (@Nick930Gaming) June 28, 2022

The original idea was simply a concept illustration, and didn’t necessarily account for aerodynamics. It’s unlikely you’d be able to fly a vessel of that size without some seriously massive wings, much larger than the ones shown in the animated video.

Maintenance would also be insanely costly and require a small army of staff. Imagine the amount of effort it takes to keep one hotel running smoothly that houses, say, 200 guests. Now magnify that effort by almost thirty times.

Any kind of Sky Cruise type plane will no doubt be exclusive to those who can actually afford it, making it a play thing for the rich. It becomes a lot less fun when considered in this context.

Still, it’s cool to think of the possibilities, right?

The actual, real world space race has been heating up considerably over the last decade as it is, and we could no doubt eventually see something of this nature become fully realised.

Don’t be surprised if you one day see Elon Musk on one of these giant things. We’ve already a space-based film studio on the way, after all, as well as a space hotel.

For now, we’ve this animated video to mull over. Would you give one of these a try if they were real? You’d better mark out a good few years off your schedule if you’ve a hope of chilling on the Sky Cruise.