ISS Hotel

A speculative adaptation of the International Space Station (ISS) for commercial tourism. While the real ISS is a research laboratory, the “ISS Hotel” concept imagines converting modules, adding private berths, and selling short stays to civilians. Guests would train briefly, fly up on a crewed capsule, and spend days floating through the modules, looking out the Cupola, and experiencing life in microgravity. The idea faces regulatory and technical hurdles, but as the ISS ages, some visionaries propose turning it into a tourist destination rather than deorbiting it.

Example: “His retirement plan was to save enough for a week at the ISS Hotel. He wanted to drift through the Destiny module and call his grandkids from space.”

ISS Hotel by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal April 12, 2026