Published: 27 June 2022
A MASSIVE, nuclear-powered “flying hotel” featuring a gym and a pool is planned to transport 5,000 passengers in the height of luxury.
A new CGI film explains how the AI-driven Sky Cruise intends to stay in the air for extended periods of time while also landing to pick up or drop off people.
Hashem Alghaili designed the nuclear-powered aircraft. Credit: Hashem Al-Ghaili/ Youtube
Nuclear-Powered Flying Hotel
The nuclear fusion-powered 20-engine future aircraft/hotel hybrid is never intended to touch down.
The nuclear-powered sky cruise, according to Hashem Alghaili, who built the remarkably accurate model of the monstrous aero plane, “may represent the future of transportation.”
Alghaili even adds that running repairs would be completed in-flight, a first in aviation. The system is designed to run continuously.
And in response to the question of how many people would be required to operate this enormous aircraft, he said: “All this technology and you still want pilots?
“I think it’ll be completely independent,” and the Sky Cruise will still need enough of employees on board to be available at every passenger’s beck and call despite promises for a man-free voyage.
The extremely detailed movie further claims that there would be restaurants, a huge mall, a gym, a theatre, and even a swimming pool in the sky.
If you’re courageous enough, the promotional video also suggests that the human-occupied UFO might make an ideal wedding location.
The Sky Cruise’s panoramic hall offers 360-degree vistas, so it would be excellent. Despite the promised magnificence, not everyone agrees. Some have labelled Sky Cruise the ‘next Titanic’ because of its design flaws.
The large plane would have trouble taking off and be aerodynamic. Others criticized its weight, saying a nuclear-powered plane could destroy a city if it crashed.
Nervous passenger: “Great idea to install a nuclear reactor in something that could malfunction and fall from the sky.” Another said, “I’m sure I could afford a ticket for the lowest deck with minimal leg room and no lounge access.”
Third: “I hate exposed elevators. Also, uneven drag. The engines appear like jet engines, fusion is used as a magic future energy source, and the landing gear isn’t raised.”
Massive development costs are another issue. Some predicted that a vacation like this would be pricey, saying, “While it’s a great concept and can be built with present technology, only the rich could book this hotel.” Others are eager to join.
Person: “Funny! It’s like someone took a time machine to 2070 and found a retrofuturism video from our age (not the 1950s or 1800s) describing what we thought the future would be like.”
“I would much rather like a nuclear airship, as the space available will be much more, but the innovation behind the idea is excellent,” said another.
Nuclear-Powered Flying Hotel
Although many people have high expectations for the enormous hotel, the Sky Cruise is still many years away.
There are some things that will never change, even if an aeroplane similar to this is developed in the future.
I bet I still find up sitting next to someone else’s yelling three-year-old for the whole of the journey, as one user observed.
Another wryly observed, “If physics and aerodynamics did not exist, then this craft could actually be able to take off.” However, they shouldn’t worry too much about their worries.
